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Student advisory urges peer-to-peer mental-health mentoring pilot in MVLA
Summary
Student advisory members proposed a district-run peer mentor program to offer low‑risk, 1:1 mental-health support, recommending a club-first pilot, teacher/clinician oversight, signed confidentiality agreements and use of the district referral form to route higher‑risk students to professionals.
Students at the May 20 study session proposed a peer‑to‑peer mental‑health mentoring program they said would give struggling students a lower‑barrier way to talk about stress and emotional challenges. Jasmine Cruz (Mountain View High School) and classmates recommended starting the initiative as a school‑day club and, after evaluation, possibly converting it into an elective or CTE course.
The students said the program would train upperclassmen as student mediators, pair mentors with mentees for 1:1 support, and include…
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