After decades of unmet mental health needs in New Orleans schools, teachers and activists scramble to help kids on the brink [nola.com]
By Kaylee Poche, Photo: Ted Jackson/The Times-Picayune, Gambit, April 4, 2022 Amanda Schroeder saw a lot during her time as a school counselor in New Orleans. Schroeder, who now works as the president of the nonprofit Communities in Schools, recalls the time a decade ago when she worked in a public school in New Orleans East. A kindergartener at the school would abruptly bolt from their desk, running out of the classroom without warning. Sometimes, he’d run out of the school building...