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Trustees press for more counselors after review finds uneven counselor-to-student ratios
Summary
Board members raised concerns that several campuses have far higher student-to-counselor ratios than peers — examples cited include one campus with about 639 students per counselor — and asked administration and finance committee to explore adding counselors in this or next year’s budget.
WESLACO, Texas — Trustees told Superintendent Richard Rivera they want the district to prioritize counseling and mental-health staffing after board members reviewed counselor-to-student ratios and found wide disparities between campuses.
Trustee Jackie Sustaita presented compiled numbers showing several campuses operating with roughly one counselor for 300 students in many schools but with several…
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