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School health advisory board urges major increase in mental‑health staff for CCPS
Summary
The School Health Advisory Board asked the Chesterfield County School Board to fund multiple new mental‑health positions — including social workers, psychologists and diagnosticians — and urged the board to use upcoming work sessions to identify funding strategies.
Dr. Lindseay Euan, outgoing chair of the School Health Advisory Board, told the school board at its Sept. 9 work session that the committee’s top priority continues to be expanding mental‑health staffing across Chesterfield County Public Schools.
“Our hope is that this academic year the school board can spend some time during work sessions to brainstorm some ways to make that funding possible,” Dr. Euan said as she outlined SHAB’s recommended positions.
SHAB recommended adding six social‑work positions, two attendance…
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