In Part 1 of this exclusive, the La Cañada High School (LCHS) Wellness Center has willingly partnered with California’s peer-to-peer counseling program, despite parental concerns and lack of transparency about its implementation. The state has plans to use the LCHS Wellness Center as a model for the implementation of wellness centers and peer-to-peer counseling in other schools. In June 2023, Glendale Unified School District fought its battle to keep this out of its district. Glendale is a small suburb in the San Fernando Valley and just southeast of La Crescenta, and La Cañada. The Glendale School Board wanted to go full steam ahead, despite evidence of student suicides, as my colleague Brittany Sheehan reported.Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Part 2-La Cañada USD Ups the Ante on Its Flawed Student-Peer Counseling Program
