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Center ISD advisory council approves revised suicide-prevention protocols
Summary
At its Dec. 11 meeting the Center ISD School Health Advisory Council approved updated suicide-prevention and mental-health forms and protocols; staff will update an affected clinicians list after learning one psychiatrist on the list, Dr. Middelbrook, has died.
The Center Independent School District School Health Advisory Council approved revised suicide-prevention and mental-health protocols and associated forms at its Dec. 11 meeting.
Kasi Trent-Ashley provided a summary of the revised protocols and forms and noted that “one of the psychiatrists, Dr. Middelbrook, had passed away.” Joyce Permenter, administrative assistant to the superintendent, was assigned to update the districts clinician/contact list to remove or replace the deceased provider. The minutes record that "The Committee approved the protocols and forms." The record does not show a formal roll-call vote or a mover and seconder; approval was recorded as given by committee consensus.
Why this matters: the protocols guide how schools identify and respond to students at risk of suicide and how staff communicate with families and mental-health providers. The council approved the materials as presented and assigned a clerical follow-up to update contact information. The council did not attach a specific implementation timeline in the minutes.
The council also recorded routine agenda business and set a follow-up date; the minutes list the next meeting for Feb. 19 (the transcript states 2024, which appears to be a year-typing error given the Dec. 11, 2024 meeting date).
