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FACTS / TALKING POINTS

• Student:Counselor ratios at LBUSD are:

  • 843:1 Elementary School Counselor

  • 799:1 K-8 School Counselor

  • 760:1 Middle School Counselor

  • 434:1 High School Counselor

• Counselors duties are mainly administrative and not school supportive counseling duties

• The primary issue impacting student learning is mental health, and not learning loss or accelerated learning needs

• Counselors are the first responders to students’ mental health concerns, but are overburdened with administrative duties

• Counselors' ratios are preventing them from supporting students and families, which are desperately needed post-Covid

• The lack of school counselors is unnecessarily putting students’ lives at risk

• LCAP funds should be used to support additional school counselors and a school district top priority

• Suicide rates and self-harm are at an all-time high

• Lack of support has resulted in students' behavior impacting teachers' ability to teach

• Putting SEL responsibilities on teachers and  placing social workers on campuses are not suitable replacements for the need for additional counselors

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS

• Maria Isabel López, District 1 (Member)  – MILopez@lbschools.net

• Erik Miller, District 2 (Member) – EMiller@lbschools.net

• Dr. Juan Benitez, District 3 (Member) – jbenitez1@lbschools.net

• Douglas Otto, District 4 (Vice President) – dotto@lbschools.net

• Diana Craighead, District 5 (President) – dcraighead@lbschools.net

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