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Mental-health advocate tells board district is not tracking bullying data, cites FYSAS statistics
Summary
During public comment Cynthia West read FYSAS 2023 statistics on Okaloosa County students' mental health and said a district records request showed only a handful of bullying incidents in district records, urging better tracking and interventions.
Cynthia West, identifying herself as a mental-health professional and parent, spoke during the Feb. 23 public-comment period and urged the Okaloosa County School Board to improve tracking of bullying and student mental-health outcomes.
West cited the 2023 FYSAS study for Okaloosa County middle and high school students and read several figures to the board: "63 percent of our female students" reporting they felt "no good at all," "44 percent" saying "life is not worth it," "26 percent"…
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