Would Mental Health Counselors Help Keep Largo Schools Safe?
The Pinellas School Board is considering hiring mental health counselors who would evaluate students identified as potential security risks and make sure they get treatment, TBO.com reports.
The Pinellas County School Board is considering hiring mental health counselors to evaluate students identified as potential security risks in an attempt to keep schools safer in the wake of the recent Connecticut shootings, TBO.com reports. Board member Renee Flowers, who floated the proposal at a board workshop Tuesday, told the news site the counselors would talk to students identified by school guidance counselors and follow up to be sure they get help if needed. The board has asked the school district to review its policies to see if such a proposal is possible, TBO reports. Flowers said officials would still need to figure out how to cover the cost for students who aren't covered by insurance, and that parents would need to give …
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Ray Raulerson
2:36 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Mayor Gerard does no have a clue. Go ahead and change the gun laws, cut back on the budget for the police (which her administration has already done fewer patrol officers to respond to a problem) and the when there is a problem in Largo there may possibly be NO police or legal gun owners to respond. Did I say LEGAL gun owner? YES I DID!!! For the blissfully ignorant (look-up the word for the real… more ›