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Students and community members urge more mental‑health supports and governance changes
Summary
A student speaker proposed peer mental‑health groups and a decompression space; the newly elected HCEA president offered collaborative support; a longtime teacher called for restoring traditional board oversight of district operations.
Public commenters used the forum to raise mental‑health, collective‑bargaining and governance concerns.
Kevin Thomas Mosley Jr., a student speaker, urged the board to support student mental‑health initiatives at his school, including peer‑led groups and a supervised decompression area with stress‑relief devices and snacks. “Every life saved from the group's efforts makes the creation of the effort worth all the time and effort put into it,” he told the board.
Emily Gossett, newly elected president of the Horry County Education Association and a 17‑year classroom teacher, thanked the board for seeking educator input in the superintendent search and said the association wants to collaborate on retaining staff and improving learning conditions.
Bobby Chandler, a 41‑year veteran teacher, urged the board to restore what he described as “traditional governance” with clearer public oversight and more visible board involvement in district operations. He warned that concentrating authority in the superintendent’s office reduced public input and increased risks.
Board response: The chair acknowledged the comments and directed the superintendent to receive contact information for follow‑up; no board action was taken during the meeting.
