![]() School-Based Youth Aid Panel: We have developed a school-based Youth Aid Panel, that mirrors the program that is currently operational within the county, however, the difference between our school based program and the county program is that ours will not come as a result of a contact with local law enforcement our program will be a diversionary effort at the school level to reduce the number of students who have contact with law enforcement. By creating more objective course recommendation criteria for teachers, it had the effect of inviting more students to take advantage of the OTL initiative. It was this program that we continued to refine this year throughout our participation in the Data Equity Cohort. Since its inception in 2004, OTL has opened up pathways to opportunity for many students who would have historically been placed in a tracked learning program. Through OTL, Abington School District made a dedicated effort to narrow achievement gaps by increasing the participation of minority students in the gifted program and honors and Advanced Placement classes, increasing the inclusion of special education students in the general education program, and increasing opportunities for student support and mentoring. ![]() An example of this commitment is the school district’s 2004 implementation of the Opportunity to Learn (OTL) Initiative. Opportunities to Learn: Abington School District to serve all children well.
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