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After decades of unmet mental health needs in New Orleans schools, teachers and activists scramble to help kids on the brink (nola.com)

Carey Sipp · 4/12/228:11 AM

By Kaylee Poche, Staff Writer, www.nola.com/gambit/news 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 altogether.

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After decades of unmet mental health needs in New Orleans schools, teachers and activists scramble to help kids on the brink (nola.com)

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