“We haven’t had any issues,” Buckley said.ĭistrict policy requires health issues including allergies and anxiety of both staff and students be addressed prior to a dog’s entry. It asks if students have any serious allergies to dogs, and if they are comfortable having Sage in the room. The Golden Retriever visits on Fridays, because it’s a short day and it’s when the end of the week stress-buildup hits.īuckley said she always plans ahead, kicking off the school year with a Sage-focused permission slip that is included in her class syllabus, per district policy. Sage has been accompanying Buckley on Fridays for about two years and has her own SHS student-badge. “Everyone felt it was helping them with stress and helping them relieve stress.”
“Having a dog there makes life better for high school students,” he said. Martez said the dog does not bark and is well-trained and obedient to its owner, SHS Spanish teacher Jennifer Buckley. As a district, we will be re-initiating the process to further review each of these cases in more depth using the district policy and OSPI guidelines as further guidance,” Foley said. “Upon initial review, we were not satisfied that these dogs met the requirements. That process is expected to be complete early this week. Kristin Foley, communications director for the district, said two therapy dogs are under review for SHS attendance. The district says the decision to remove the dog was rule-based. Martez has test anxiety, and he said the dog’s presence has helped him and other students. Until then, Martez is honing his leadership skills by presenting data to support his request to get a stress relieving dog back in the room. Martez fought for Sage’s return, using the tools he will later use as a Future Business Leader of America: he is an officer for both FBLA and DECA, at Snohomish High School.
Snohomish School District pulled two dogs from classrooms at Snohomish High School: Sage and Winnie. SNOHOMISH - Ethan Martez was looking forward to a finals-week with a therapy dog at his side, but a policy problem led to the dog being ousted. The dog is trained to interact safely with kids, and was recently removed from class for to a policy review. Petition draws more than 1,400 to return therapy dogs to class for anxiety reliefĪ student holds up therapy dog Sage’s head as she wakes up from a nap in Jennifer Buckley’s Spanish class. SHS students say dog-days are just what they need
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