Increasing numbers of teen centers have been taking shape in high schools across Utah, aiming to help homeless and housing-insecure students and others who just seek a safe space away from their homes to decompress.
More than 50 Utah high schools have received state grant funds to create them and around a dozen have teen centers, including several Davis School District facilities.
Now the first-grade school in Utah has one—Odyssey Elementary in Ogden—and Principal Sonja Davidson, one of several to speak at the grand opening Thursday of the facility, foresees good things. The Family Support Center, as it’s called, contains laundry facilities, private showering space, a food pantry and an area where students and their families can congregate.
