The first Sean's Room in a public school in Delaware opened Monday morning. (Photos courtesy of Alexis Andrianopoulos/NCCVT)

NCCVT unveils Sean’s Room for student mental health, 1st in public schools

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

In partnership with the SL24 UnLocke the Light Foundation, New Castle County Vocational Technical School District and St. Georges Technical High School opened the first Sean’s Room in a Delaware public high school Monday. Designed as a safe space for students to receive peer support, decompress, study, or just gather, Sean’s Room at St. Georges includes multiple areas for studying, …

Sean's Room will be a place for Saint Mark's students to discuss and learn about mental health. (Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News)

Saint Mark’s unveils Sean’s Room, a mental health lounge

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Saint Mark’s High School students were anointed with holy water Friday as the Catholic school opened a mental health center named for a former student whose 2018 suicide led to a movement to help other youth cope. “Let us ask God’s blessing on all who will enter into this place, seeking peace and guidance and upon those who will be …

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Bills to add mental health help in schools sent to House floor

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

  Two bills moving to the House floor would put millions into mental health positions in Delaware’s middle school and high school.   The House Education Committee on Wednesday unanimously voted to release two bills focused on putting additional mental health resources into Delaware schools. House Bills 300 and 301 serve as an extension of House Bill 100, legislation passed …