SHERIDAN – Sheridan School was this year’s host for the countywide school board meeting on Jan. 24. Trustees and administrators from all four Madison County Schools were present, as well as Madison County Superintendent of Schools Pam Birkeland, Madison County commissioners Ron Nye and Dan Allhands, Sen. Jeff Welborn (R-Dillon), and Rep. Ray Shaw (R-Sheridan).
Attendees were treated to a sit-down dinner prepared by the Sheridan life skills class and received tip-top service from Sheridan’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America program. Speech, Drama and Debate competitor Zach Piper performed his Humorous Solo piece for the crowd. Piper earned a fourth-place finish at the SDD state meet on Jan. 27.
The crux of the meeting was spent learning about adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. A study conducted in the 1980s discovered that children who were exposed to traumatic events during their first 18 years were more likely to develop mental and behavioral health problems. ACE scores are determined through an evaluation of 10 types of childhood trauma – five center around personal trauma, such as physical, verbal and sexual abuse and neglect. The remaining five are related to other family members: an alcoholic parent, mental illness within the family, divorce or death. Each type of trauma counts as one point toward your final ACE score. The study, published by the Centers for Disease Control, determined that such experiences can create a toxic level of stress and disrupt brain development, which leads to disease, mental illness and even death.
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