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La Vista Middle student praises counseling center built with 2023 bond funds
Summary
A La Vista Middle School student told a public meeting the school’s new bond-funded counseling center centralizes mental-health staff, creates a sensory space for regulation and makes it easier for students to find support. She offered the remarks in support of the 2023 bond.
Stella, a student at La Vista Middle School, told a public meeting she was speaking from the school’s new counseling center to describe how a 2023 bond-funded addition benefits students.
"This area of the counseling center is used for teammates to mentor and adults to support students," Stella said, adding that the center "centralize[s] our mental health team" so it is easier for students to find services and for staff to collaborate. She also described a new sensory space "for students to come and take a break or regulate before they need to go back to class."
Stella said the addition replaced an exterior wall and consolidated previously scattered staff into one location. "This is also a new sensory space for students to come and take a break," she said, calling the center "a very valuable addition to our school" and saying it "helps students a lot."
Her comments were framed explicitly as support for the 2023 bond that funded the addition. The speaker identified her affiliation as La Vista Middle School. No formal vote or action was recorded in the transcript excerpt.
