On Wednesday night, the Erie School District chose to make students’ mental health a top priority, voting to amend a contract with UPMC Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor.
The amendment, which received unanimous support from the board, will extend the contract four years and aims to examine the districts’ suicide prevention and crisis response systems.
Erie’s Public Schools launches district-wide suicide prevention review
Safe Harbor will also aid the district in the formation of a committee aimed at preventing suicide and reviewing crisis systems.
“We unfortunately have had student suicides this year, and it seems to be something that the board is very interested in staying in front of. It’s definitely a service that, as the school district, we have a captive audience with our students. We need to be able to have our educators recognize the signs,” said Neal Brokman, assistant superintendent for the Erie School District…