The Boise School District is making it their duty to prioritize student mental health.
I’m your neighborhood reporter Jessica Davis, and after several deaths last school year the district is introducing new initiatives to prevent student suicide.
- Boise School District is implementing S.O.S. curriculum focused on suicide prevention for 7th-12th graders
- S.O.S stands for Signs of Suicide, during Suicide Prevention Week students will learn about mental health and how to best prevent suicide through the S.O.S cirriculum.
- The district is also implementing a new class. “Hope Squad” is class for peer-to-peer mental health assistance for junior and highschools
(Below is a transcript of the broadcast story.)
“We’re implementing two new things this year,” says Jason Shanks, counseling supervisor for the Boise School District.
During suicide prevention week, which starts September 9, the Boise school district will introduce S.O.S, short for Signs of Suicide, to all 7th through 12th graders. It’s an intervention curriculum focused on suicide prevention.