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Advocate urges council to fund services before implementing school mental-health screenings
5754854 · August 7, 2025
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Summary
An advocate told the council the Springfield school district lacks the staff and services to support mandatory mental-health screenings and urged the city to demand funding and staffing before broad screening is adopted.
Aaron Cahill, a resident and advocate, told the Springfield City Council on Aug. 6 that mandatory mental‑health screening in public schools risks identifying more students in need than the local system can support. "We're shining light into dark darkness only to discover we have no infrastructure to address what we…
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