OPINION: 'Among students thriving and learning and growing, there are students struggling with trauma, the effects of adverse childhood experiences such as abuse and neglect, and the destructive effects of childhood poverty,' write TUSD Governing Board ...
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has recently said that schools should prioritize armed officers over counselors, and redirected School Safety Grant Program funds to hire armed officers on every campus.
People are also reading… Unfortunately, the feel-good sound bite doesn’t actually make our schools safer. Those who have taken a deep dive and have examined school shootings around the nation over the last few decades have concluded what these authors conclude reviewing the nearly 200 school shootings between 1999 and 2018: “the presence of a school resource officer was unassociated with any reduction in school shooting severity.
While the American School Counselor Association recommends a ratio of one school counselor for every 250 students, Arizona was second to last in 2022, after Indiana, with 651 students for every school counselor. School Counselors and their role not only in their individual work with students, but also in promoting Social Emotional Learning , are vital to the success of our schools, and work to improve outcomes for students from all backgrounds.
As we visit schools throughout TUSD, we both see the same thing: among students thriving and learning and growing, there are students struggling with trauma, the effects of adverse childhood experiences such as abuse and neglect, and the destructive effects of childhood poverty.
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