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Resident urges PWCS to preserve mental health supports amid federal funding cuts
Summary
A parent thanked district mental-health staff and urged the board to make free mental-health resources easier to find and to continue funding school nurses, counselors and trauma-informed training after a reported $1 billion federal cut.
Gloria Jordan, a Prince William County resident, used public comment time on May 21 to urge the school board to continue and expand mental-health supports for students despite reported federal funding reductions.
Jordan said the federal government recently announced a $1 billion cut to school mental-health funding and stressed that local commitments — maintaining a nurse at every school, providing trauma-informed professional development for teachers and ensuring access to special education and mental-health resources — are essential to student well‑being.
She told the board that families sometimes struggle to find free services in PWCS and asked the division to make bilingual and multilingual resources more visible on the district website and in schools. Jordan praised teachers, social workers, counselors and nurses and asked the board to sustain funding for these services even if federal support declines.
The board heard Jordan’s concerns during the citizen-comment period; no board action was taken at the meeting but the comments were entered into the public record.
