‘Tsunami of support’ as schools consider mental health

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Concord Middle School principal Justin Cameron, CMS health teacher Meghan Laughlin, Concord-Carlisle High School guidance department chair Alison Nowicki, and CCHS wellness coordinator Cristina Jonson address the School Committee. Image via Minuteman Media Network

School administrators, faced with some troubling results from a survey of middle school and high school students, are redoubling efforts to support youth mental health.

As they eyed new ways to help at an October 8 meeting, school administrators and School Committee members highlighted existing programs that they described as positive steps to improving student mental health.

“We’re really proud of all this, and there’s still work to be done,” said Superintendent Laurie Hunter. “We can celebrate all these great things, but every data point is a child suffering.”…

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