The Rochester City School District’s ad hoc mental health committee is calling for more training and more funding for programs that support students — before a crisis.
“There’s lots of agencies and support and programs, but there was never a coordinated, sort of bird’s eye view of everything happening and where there could be better alignment so that this actually gets implemented the way it needs to be implemented,” said school board member Beatriz LeBron-Harris.
The committee recommended supporting students through mental health first aid training, emotional wellness education, a year-round awareness campaign, and continuing funding for mobile mental health teams and a transition program for students who are returning to school after acute mental health treatment…