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Nursing student urges board to expand proactive mental‑health supports for high‑schoolers
Yakima School Board · November 7, 2025
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Summary
A Heritage University nursing student told the board the district needs earlier, evidence‑based social‑emotional and mental‑health programs, citing limited counselor availability in high school and ER cases involving teens with suicidal thoughts.
Mariana, a senior nursing student from Heritage University, used the board's public‑comment period to urge expanded, proactive mental‑health supports in Yakima high schools.
Mariana said that when she was in high school there was ‘‘just one counselor for nearly 400 students’’ and…
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