Sofia Njosan, director of student and social services for Edinburg CISD, told trustees the district has built a broader mental-health support system but remains stretched thin. She said the district employs 31 elementary school counselors and 56 counselors at the secondary level, and that social-work staffing includes 24 budgeted positions with 22 currently filled.

Njosan described a layered service model: school counselors provide universal guidance curriculum and responsive services; social workers offer crisis intervention and home visits; and licensed professional counselors (LPCs) provide clinical assessment and family counseling. She named the district's LPCs for students as Jose Gutierrez and Luis Cabazos and said the district also has an LPC available to employees.

She emphasized that state law changes (SB 12) require parental consent for certain student services and have affected the district's ability to provide some interventions without signed permission. Njosan described telehealth partnerships with university providers (used for referrals and scheduled telehealth sessions), an anonymous alert reporting system for student threats and mental-health concerns, and a pilot for a social-emotional service animal at two campuses.

Njosan provided service metrics: 824 students had received services to date this school year, and staff logged 7,453 service interactions (service logs indicate multiple contacts per student). She also described training requirements: youth mental-health first-aid training is mandated and the district is scaling staff certification toward a target percentage by August 2026.

Trustees asked for additional data (a breakdown by elementary/middle/high and typical daily schedules for counselors) and suggested bringing sample schedules and referral metrics to a future meeting. Njosan said the district maintains MOUs with community partners (including local behavioral-therapy providers and UTRGV) to extend capacity.

Next steps: trustees requested further data about counselor schedules and a breakdown of referrals by campus level; administration agreed to provide that information at a future workshop or meeting.