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Trustees press district for action as counselors remain stretched; staff outline steps to restore counseling time
Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees · December 10, 2025
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Summary
Board members called mental‑health support for students a top priority, citing overloaded counselors and urging a plan; staff said curriculum assistants can assume testing duties to return counselors to 80% counseling time and promised an update at the next meeting.
Trustees at the Dec. 5 meeting emphasized improving mental‑health services and reducing non‑counseling duties for school counselors.
Several trustees said elementary campuses commonly have a single counselor while middle schools have roughly three and high schools seven to eight. Trustees described counselors as…
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