The Medical Lake School District is receiving nearly $3.5 million to train more school psychologists.
The money from the U.S. Department of Education – paid over four years — will allow Medical Lake to pay graduate students from the University of Washington and other Spokane area colleges to work at the district. For years, the district has employed unpaid interns for counseling services.
Medical Lake Superintendent Kim Headrick says the two of the four positions paid for by the grant will be based in her district, and two will be placed at high-need rural schools within Educational Service District 101…