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Parent criticizes district messaging on youth suicide, urges board to adopt child-facing outreach
Summary
A Haywood County parent urged the school board to adopt more child-focused suicide-prevention messaging and better family notification after reporting concerns about his daughter's decline and what he said are adult‑oriented signs in district buildings.
Doug Morrow, a parent and U.S. veteran, used the board's public-comment period to press Haywood County Schools for stronger, child‑facing suicide‑prevention outreach and improved notification when students show warning signs.
Morrow told the board he had not been informed earlier about his daughter's struggles and said the stickers and materials he saw in district buildings appear aimed at adults rather than young people. “Those stickers are not for kids. Those stickers are for adults,” he said, arguing that different language and outreach channels are needed to reach…
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