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Flagler School Board proclaims January 2025 as months for human trafficking, stalking and mentoring awareness
Summary
At its Dec. 17 meeting the Flagler County School Board adopted resolutions recognizing January 2025 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, National Stalking Awareness Month and National Mentoring Month and heard community-education spotlights.
The Flagler County School Board on Dec. 17 adopted resolutions recognizing January 2025 for three awareness observances and heard related community presentations.
Toreen Wilson, who identified himself as “a licensed mental health counselor here for the Flagler County Schools,” read the board’s human-trafficking proclamation and emphasized the scope the resolution cites, describing human trafficking as “a $32,000,000,000 a year global criminal enterprise” and urging community awareness and coordinated victim services. The proclamation names local partners, including Flagler County Advocates Alliance, Flagler County Sheriff’s Office victim advocates, Flagler Beach Police Department victim advocates and Family Life Centers.
John Fanelli presented a resolution declaring January 2025 as National Stalking Awareness Month, saying stalking is criminal under federal and state law and calling for multidisciplinary local responses and enhanced victim services. The resolution notes that nationally “up to 7,500,000 people are stalked in a 1 year period” and urges local agencies to coordinate training and investigative responses.
The board also recognized National Mentoring Month after Teresa Rizzo of the Flagler County Education Foundation outlined district mentoring work, including partnerships like Take Stock in Children. Rizzo said hundreds of mentors have been trained and highlighted the foundation’s Feeding Flagler’s Future program, which “was able to feed 60 families of 6 or more last year” and has a goal to feed more than 70 families this season; she added, “It only takes $50 to provide a meal for 1 family.”
Why it matters: The proclamations formalize the district’s support for prevention, intervention and community resources tied to victims and at-risk students and provide a public record of the board’s commitment to local partnerships and awareness campaigns. The presentations also promoted upcoming events, including a mentoring appreciation event in January and a countywide college-and-career fair on Feb. 28.
The meeting record shows these items were placed on the consent/spotlight portions of the agenda and were accepted by vote or recorded as proclamations; the board moved on to other agenda business after the presentations.
