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Riverview parents urge district to bring in external trauma counselors after staff arrest
Summary
Two parents told the Silver Lake J1 School District board the community needs external, non-attached trauma counseling for students and staff after a former staff member's arrest, and offered possible funding sources including insurance, grants and pro-bono help.
Melanie Taylor, a Riverview parent, told the Silver Lake J1 School District board that the school remains a "triggering environment" seven weeks after a former staff member's arrest and urged the district to bring in external, objective trauma counselors for students and staff.
Taylor said the school's counseling team is strong but that staff who were colleagues of the defendant cannot be the…
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