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Sherman ISD board proclaims May 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month, cites local need
Summary
Sherman ISD trustees unanimously approved a proclamation recognizing May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month after members of the Texoma Behavioral Health Leadership Team presented local statistics and urged continued support for prevention and services.
The Sherman Independent School District Board of Trustees on May 20 unanimously approved a proclamation declaring May 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month in the district.
The proclamation, read at the meeting and sponsored by the district, urges Sherman residents and agencies to “recommit our community to increasing awareness and understanding of mental health” and to support accessible services for people with mental health conditions.
The measure followed remarks from Amanda Ortiz, chair of the Texoma Behavioral Health Leadership Team, who thanked the board for the proclamation and for sending staff to the 2025 Community Behavioral Health Conference. Ortiz presented county-level statistics she said underline local need: “In Grayson County, 20 percent of the adults reported experiencing poor mental health days for 14 days or more out of the month,” and the ratio of mental-health providers to residents in the county is “1 to 650,” she said.
Ortiz and other TBHLT representatives — including Lawrence Davis and Sylvia Cave — asked the board to continue outreach and prevention work in schools. The board read the proclamation aloud and then approved it by voice vote; no opposing votes were recorded.
Board members and TBHLT representatives noted district efforts that support student mental health, including on-campus student support counselors, crisis counseling and prevention programs such as Hope Squads and junior Hope Squads. The proclamation also references the district’s in-school outreach events planned for Sherman High School during May.
The board’s action places the district alongside local partners — the city of Sherman and regional behavioral health organizations — in formally recognizing the month and encouraging awareness and access to services.
District and community leaders encouraged follow-up actions such as continued staff training and partnerships with community providers to address the provider-to-resident gap that TBHLT described.
