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School board votes to cut mental health services
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On Feb. 18, the Conejo Valley Unified School District [CVUSD] school board voted on a resolution to approve the discontinuance of the particular kinds of grant-funded mental health services recognized on Resolution #25/26-28. Following 18 individual speakers during the public comment section of the school board meeting, the school board discussed their personal opinions…
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California passes bill inspired by Katie Meyer
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Assembly [AB] Law 1575 was signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sept. 28, 2024. The new law requires all public college and university students to have an adviser when facing legal allegations regarding the student Code of conduct, which is the state of behavior the students are expected to uphold. AB 1575 was…
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District receives $11 million wellness grant
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On New Year’s Day, 2023, Conejo Valley Unified School District received a grant of $11.3 million from California’s state government for January 2023 through December 2027. While this grant is part of a multi-pronged approach, the money will focus on programs aimed at assisting students with their mental health. Steve Lepire, Principal of Newbury…
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Mental health support needs to help the mentally ill
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According to my medical history, I have never had major problems with my health aside from appendicitis and the occasional flu. However, when looking closer you will see a history of mental illness. Notes from therapists and psychiatrists, hospitalizations for suicidal ideation and an attempt and admittance to a psychological facility in west Torrance.…
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Mental health sinks as expectations rise
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Over the course of the pandemic, many people’s mental health experienced patterns of lows as COVID-19 kept us locked in from the outside world. Now that we have returned full time to school, students’ mental health continues to deplete as teachers assign an increased amount of workload with their rising expectations in students. Staff…
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Managing Mental Health
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As people experience online school, social injustices and loneliness through the pandemic, mental health has been severely impacted. Although we have come a long way in deconstructing the stigma behind mental illness, student voices have shown that there is still more work to be done. Mental health is not a binary issue, and each…
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School counselors should not be responsible for DIS services
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The recommended student to counselor ratio of 250:1 comes from the American School Counselor Association. At the beginning of the 2020-2021, a decrease in the number of returning Intensive School Based Therapists (ISBTs), led the district to shift some of the workload of these employees to typical school counselors. This decision has placed responsibilities…
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My journey through mental illness
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“It feels like I am in my own mental prison, I can’t escape the thoughts inside my head.” That’s what I wrote in my journal from last summer. I am not the same person from a year ago. Although my anxiety and depression can still feel like a battle, it no longer feels like…
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Keep your mental health up during online learning
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With distance learning, maintaining a positive attitude and a healthy mindset is more difficult than ever. Even though it is the only option at the moment, school is not supposed to be experienced alone in your room. Although we may be returning soon, there are a few habits and hobbies that I have developed…
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Mindfulness: a way to help anxiety and depression
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Located in room B21, Robin Lilly, English and philosophy teacher, can be found doing daily mindfulness, or wellness, activities with her students. It started last school year, when Lilly noticed a rise of anxiety and depression in her students. “Because I, myself, experience anxiety and depression, these were tools that I had been taught…