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MVLA presents 2025 Healthy Kids Survey: some indicators improve, concerns remain about mental‑health subgroups
Summary
District wellness coordinator William Blair told the board that the California Healthy Kids Survey showed gains in school connectedness and declines in substance use, but flagged increases in some measures of attempted suicide and higher harassment rates for specific subgroups; trustees requested disaggregated site data and MTSS follow‑up.
William Blair, MVLA's wellness coordinator, presented the district's California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) results for 2025 and urged the board to use the findings to guide the district's Multi‑Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
Blair said the district achieved an 81% student response rate and that one percentage point corresponds to roughly 35 students. "From 2021, we went from 17 percent down to 8 percent" for students who said they had seriously considered suicide, he said, while also warning that some custom‑module indicators show an increase in attempted suicides that the district wants to address.
Why it matters: The CHKS feeds the district's Local…
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