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Congressman, Administrators, Staff Discuss School Safety

By on February 1, 2013
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LOCAL CONGRESSMAN DAVE LOEBSACK HEADED UP A SCHOOL SAFETY ROUNDTABLE IN BURLINGTON YESTERDAY(THUR) AND THE SECOND DISTRICT DEMOCRAT SAYS THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT OF THE PROBLEM WITH GUNS AND THOSE WHO USE THEM TO KILL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IS PERSONAL TO HIM.  HIS MOTHER SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS HER ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. 

 

SUPERINTENDENT JANE EVANS SAYS IN HER OPINION, ACCESS TO TREATMENT IS THE NUMBER-ONE PROBLEM ON THE MENTAL HEALTH FRONT, AND ONE DISTRICT STAFFER SHARED A RECENT, TRUE-LIFE SCENARIO INVOLVING A 6TH GRADE BOY, FOR WHOM THE LOCAL HOSPITAL HAD NO WAY TO TREAT AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HAD NOWHERE TO PLACE UNTIL NEXT SUMMER.