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Students present mental‑health check‑in proposal; board members offer support, office‑hours idea
Summary
Members of the Hopewell Valley youth advisory board presented survey findings showing high stress and a perception of being unheard, and proposed a monthly Google Form check‑in and QR-code reporting to connect students with counselors. Board members praised the work and discussed school‑board office hours and partnership with the Hope Squad.
Student leaders from the district’s youth advisory board urged the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education on a pilot program to track students’ mental health and raise awareness of available supports.
Manus Sinha, vice chair of the youth advisory board and a junior at the high school, told the board that a Google Form survey the students ran showed 66.3 percent of respondents reported excessive stress and 58.1 percent felt their voices were not being heard. “Once we identified these issues with the survey, we decided we wanted to create a solution that…
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