In December of 2021, Laura Magnuson (WPSD Mental Health Supervisor) and Josh DeSmidt (Restorative Practices Coordinator) gave a presentation to the board titled, “WPSD Student Mental Health.” While it’s a little more than a year old at this point, this report did a fantastic job of outlining some of the grants that the district receives, and exactly how that grant money is spent. There’s been a lot of talk lately about interim superintendent Witt’s policy of rejecting any grant money (due to ‘strings attached’), but I think most of us don’t really understand how that grant money is used. This presentation goes a long ways towards explaining that. As you read it, keep in mind that Witt is declining every grant…the positions and programs outline here will not be funded through grant money and are expected to be cut at the end of this ’22-23 school year.

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