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Student organizer outlines in-school mental-health group 'Wisdom Eyes' to begin March 5
Summary
Jerrell Farley of Wisdom Minds told the Romulus Community Schools board that the student-led mental-health support program Wisdom Eyes plans to begin weekly meetings March 5 in Room 301 next to the counselor's office to reduce stigma and provide peer support districtwide.
Jerrell Farley, a student and the organizer behind a district peer-support effort called Wisdom Minds, told the Romulus Community Schools Board of Education on Feb. 24 that his new program, Wisdom Eyes, will begin March 5 and meet weekly on Wednesdays in Room 301 next to the counseling office.
"Mental health is not something to be afraid about at all," Farley told trustees, saying the program aims to destigmatize conversations about mental health among students at the elementary, middle and high school levels. He described plans for weekly peer support meetings, and…
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