The help NYC children deserve: The public schools are starved for guidance counselors and social workers
At just 17 years old, I canโt count the number of times my friends and I have had no choice but to be one anotherโs support system through personal battles with our mental health.
New York Cityโs public schools are to blame.
I attend a high school with more than 400 students and there is only one dedicated therapist to counsel hundreds of young people. According to the New York City Department of Educationโs โReport on Guidance Counselors,โ in 2018, there were 2,881 guidance counselors (77 of whom were part-time) and 1,335 social workers serving the 1.1 million students in the cityโs public schools.
