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Akron board president urges stronger student mental-health supports and urges community to consider Issue 1
Summary
Board President Dr. Carla Jackson urged the community to prioritize student mental and emotional health after recent student deaths and the Jasmine Tucker grand jury decision, stressed expanded counseling and partnerships, and said she supports Issue 1 personally.
Dr. Carla Jackson, president of the Akron Public School Board, used her extended president's report on Oct. 6 to make student mental health the meeting’s central message, urging expanded counseling, partnerships with local mental-health agencies and, personally, support for Issue 1 on the November ballot.
Jackson told the board and audience the district is “suffering” after two student deaths and the community reaction to the grand jury decision in the death of Jasmine Tucker. She said those events underline the “urgent need to strengthen how we address the mental, emotional, and social well-being of our students.”
Why it matters: Jackson framed the matter as both a moral and practical priority for Akron Public Schools (APS). She cited national trends — including the Centers for Disease Control and…
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