Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Student Mental Health topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
SFUSD board approves student-led 'Our Healing in Our Hands' resolution to expand school wellness supports
Summary
The board unanimously approved a youth-authored resolution directing the district to expand culturally responsive, student-driven wellness services, hire additional preventive mental-health staff, and report biannually on implementation.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on June 25 adopted the "Our Healing in Our Hands" resolution, which directs the district to strengthen student-driven, culturally responsive wellness supports and expand staffing and funding for preventative mental-health services.
Commissioners Jenny Lam, Allison Collins and Faonga (as listed in the resolution authorship) led the item; the resolution calls for funding increases for wellness centers, additions to staffing (therapists and social workers), peer-to-peer "Wellness Coaching" pilots and biannual reporting by the superintendent on progress. The text asks for particular attention to students of color, immigrant English learners and other historically underserved groups.
The board heard extensive public comment from youth organizers and community groups who helped author the resolution through the Chinese Progressive Association's Youth Mojo and partner organizations. Youth speakers described system gaps in access to wellness supports and urged expanded, culturally relevant programming. "Youth know what youth need," said Jason Lin, an incoming senior at George Washington High School, arguing for peer-led resources alongside professional staff.
The resolution passed on a 6–0 roll-call vote. Commissioners and staff said the resolution will be implemented with prioritization of existing funding streams — including district general funds and targeted program allocations — and will be phased in with attention to collective bargaining and site-level conditions. Several commissioners asked that the implementation explicitly include students with disabilities; staff and advisory committees offered to assist with final language and rollout details.
Board members characterized the vote as a step toward centering student voice in wellness programming and addressing chronic absenteeism and disproportionality in discipline and academic outcomes related to unresolved trauma.
The board directed staff to present implementation plans and biannual updates on progress and metrics starting in the next academic year.
