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District reports 6,650 student mental-health screener responses; wellness centers to expand
Summary
The district reported results from an October universal mental‑health screener covering grades 6–12: 6,650 responses, about 79% indicated a need for lightweight intervention and roughly 20% signaled therapeutic-level need in at least one domain. District leaders outlined funding, services and plans to add wellness centers at three campuses in 2026.
Danielle Esquivel, the district’s director of mental health services, told the board on Tuesday that the district administered a universal mental‑health screener at secondary sites in October and received 6,650 responses. "Seventy‑nine percent of students scored as likely to benefit from some sort of lightweight intervention, and 20 percent showed signs of needing some sort of therapeutic intervention," Esquivel said.
Esquivel said the brief, confidential survey covered eight domains — mood, anxiety, trauma, ADHD/executive-functioning, relationships, anger management, development and stress — and produced both overall and category scores. "Our top needs are relationships, anxiety and stress," she said, adding that results largely mirror…
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