Garfield County Re-2 School Board members continue to question whether or not to opt out of a new state law offering mental-health screenings to Colorado students grades six through 12. Colorado House Bill 23-1003 offers.
For most students, a shower separates bed from classroom desk. But what if you sleep on a van seat and you have no running water? There are students currently enrolled at Garfield Re-2 District schools.
Mental health workers in school districts across the Colorado and Roaring Fork valleys say it is unprecedented. Failing grades, outbursts and suicidal ideation stoked by things like the COVID-19 pandemic were commonplace in the 2021-22.