The headline program of Chandler Unified School District’s efforts to help students struggling with mental health issues is abruptly closing less than three years after it started.
The founder of The Hope Institute, Derek Lee, announced in an April 29 letter that it would close the following day.
“It is with a heavy heart that we are delivering this difficult message, but after careful consideration, we are no longer able to sustain The Hope Institute’s programming within the Chandler Unified School District,” Lee wrote…