Preventing Suicides A Continuous Effort For Schools
"I don’t think any school in the country can say, ‘We are doing everything, we’re doing enough,’ because it’s not something that will ever be finished with,” San Diego County Office of Education interim Director Bob Mueller said. “The work on school climate is something we’ll always be working to improve.”
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Schools Try But Can't Always Prevent Suicide
Teachers look for warning signs, classmates keep an eye on their friends and counselors have meetings with parents, but all the efforts still are not enough at times. “I think the natural reaction for people is to consider, ‘Is there more we could have done, and are there things we should have seen?’” San Diego County Office of Education interim Director Bob Mueller said about the shooting early Saturday morning at Torrey Pines High School...A state law that went into effect Jan. 1 requires the California Department of Education to create a model suicide prevention plan and calls for school districts to adopt the plan or create one of their own. (Warth and Sisson, 5/8)