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District wellness centers report heavy use; staff say student mood scores improved after breaks
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Western Placer Unified School District staff and partners reported that three school-based wellness centers have logged thousands of student visits this year and that a pilot pre/post break survey showed average mood scores rising from 2.7 to 3.7 after wellness breaks.
Western Placer Unified School District staff and partners presented an update on three school-based wellness centers and told the board the sites are busy and showing measurable short-term improvements in student self-reported mood.
Ali Murphy, director of mental health at the Placer County Office of Education, and Gina Karabinas, coordinator of the wellness centers, described a program built under a 2022 state grant partnership with the county office of education. Murphy said the county hired wellness staff and that the district’s partnership has been…
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