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Parents and advocates press Wayne County schools for stronger anti-bullying and mental-health responses
Summary
Multiple community members testified about persistent bullying and the mental-health consequences for students; the superintendent described existing policies and referenced technology's role in amplifying harm.
Parents, a community advocate and school employees used the board's public-comment time to press Wayne County school leaders for clearer responses to bullying and expanded mental-health supports.
Jocelyn Wallace, a therapist at Goldsboro Counseling Center, said she works across the county and asked, "what do I do as an advocator? What do I tell them? How do I help?" She described repeated instances where callers and parents received inconsistent responses from schools and referenced a recent death: "we've had a 12 year old to commit suicide recently in…
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