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Social workers, students and parents urge Washington Unified to restore proposed cuts
Summary
Parents, students and social workers told the Washington Unified board that cutting three school social worker positions would reduce preventive supports, increase crisis response burdens and harm students’ mental-health services; trustees asked staff for options and postponed a final decision to a special meeting.
At a Washington Unified School District board meeting, school social workers, students and parents urged trustees to preserve three school social worker positions that staff flagged for reduction. Patricia Moore, a social worker at Westmore Oaks Elementary, said the district informed staff last week of an intent to cut three positions and described how social workers provide crisis intervention, suicide risk screening, group work and family referrals.
"We were informed last week that the of the district's intent to cut 3 school social worker positions," Patricia Moore said, adding that cutting those roles would reduce the team to five social workers and drastically limit support for students and families.
The testimony continued with…
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