Despite having a handful of counselors, a school psychologist and a social worker on staff, Brookfield East High School principal Andy Farley said they still have trouble meeting the mental health needs of their 1,400 students.
“I think every school principal would love to have more mental health professionals,” he said. “It’s never going to be enough.”
Farley knows firsthand how devastating student mental health problems can become: A few years back, a number of students at Brookfield East died from suicide.
