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West Chester Area School District updates suicide awareness, prevention and response policy
Summary
Committee approved revisions to Policy 819, detailed district prevention and postvention practices and reviewed an updated administrative guideline listing emergency contacts and district resources.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. The West Chester Area School District Policy Review Committee on Sept. 15 approved revisions to Policy 819, the district's Suicide Awareness, Prevention and Response policy, and reviewed an updated administrative guideline that compiles emergency phone numbers, text resources and district resource links.
District staff described current prevention practices during the committee presentation: a suicide-prevention program for all ninth graders, "Safe to Stay" trainings for students in sixth through ninth grades, yearly suicide awareness and prevention training for staff, more intensive training for threat-assessment team…
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