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Student services director outlines mental health partnerships, staffing and new programs
Summary
The district’s director of student services reviewed the five‑year mental health plan, staffing counts, partnerships with North Carolina Center for Resiliency and NCPALS (Duke team), Olweus bullying prevention rollout and a new therapist placement at Brevard High.
Director of Student Services (identified in the transcript as Speaker 7) presented a required five‑year school mental health plan snapshot and described new and expanding services for the 2025–26 school year.
Staffing figures presented: 11 school counselors, four school social workers, one district‑employed school‑based therapist, four Blue Ridge Health therapists assigned to schools, one SRO at every school, three school nurses and one dropout prevention coordinator. The director said suicide assessments and related data points are being tracked; several…
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