Editorial: Think COVID is over? Children’s mental distress says otherwise.
Shawn Nickerson, principal of Bruce Elementary School, talks about wraparound services the school provides Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, at the school in Houston.This week, at several schools across HISD, the school district hosted turkey giveaways and fall festivals and coordinated meal deliveries to families with the help of community partners including the Houston Food Bank.
More than a bit of feel-good holiday cheer, these events are part of a critical approach to education that envisions schools as community hubs, where parents can come for everything from health care to school supplies. Such “wraparound” supports have been around for years thanks to a campus-by-campus system that relies in large part on community organizations. Get a dental checkup here, backpacks stuffed with school essentials there.
These sorts of supports are essential as we enter a “post-pandemic” world where, for many, the toll of the pandemic is still very much present. As resilient as children are, they have been through countless stressors and, with reports of rising mental health crises and increasing needs across campuses, it’s clear: the kids are not alright.
“This time around mental health really stood out as the basic challenge,” said Kori Stroub, associate director of HISD research and co-author of the reports along with Camila Cigarroa Kennedy, a research analyst with HERC.
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