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Hunterdon Central board ends two external mental‑health contracts; administration to hire in‑house clinician
Summary
After raising contract and oversight concerns, the board and administration moved away from School Based Youth Services and declined support for renewing CarePlus. Administration says it has partnered with NJ4S for tiered, no‑cost services and will post a job for a full‑time mental‑health clinician to serve highest‑need students.
Hunterdon Central Regional High School District board members and administrators described a series of changes to student mental‑health supports during the public meeting, saying the district has ended a relationship with School Based Youth Services and declined to move forward with a renewed contract for CarePlus.
The board president said the decision to end the district's relationship with School Based Youth Services was made by the administration after months of attempts to address contractual concerns. "The administration made the decision to terminate the relationship and did not recommend that the district enter a new contract with school based youth services," the president said during her report. She added that while those services were provided at no direct cost to the district, the contract "left the district exposed to potential liability and litigation based on…
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