Student mental health a top priority for Alief ISD

"They hate me. I’m not good enough. I think I don’t want to live anymore." Counselor Denita Day sounds off a handful of disturbing thoughts that often creep into students’ minds.

"Isolation time where students were not able to socialize and develop their social skills was part of it," says Dr. Alvia Baldwin, Alief ISD’s Director of Guidance and Counseling.The death of a classmate also gave way to some students pleading for help. "Usually the teachers are going to be the first people to notice something is a little different. The kid is making some comments. The kid might be avoiding eye contact, any of those things," says Day.

The staff says sessions will be scheduled around tests and challenging classes. Counselors add that they don’t want to interfere with the path to graduation. Superintendent Mays has been in his role for less than a year, but hopes the new program has a lasting effect on student actions by redirecting them from punishment to addressing the root of problem behavior.

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