COVID-19

Schools ready to address pandemic-driven mental health needs

A sign reads "Mental Health" on a wooden shelf with books.
A shelf at the South High School library are filled with books about mental health. Even before COVID-19, about 15 percent of school age kids were thought to have a mental health or behavioral disorder, and schools were having a hard time providing enough mental health support. The pandemic has only added stress to the system.
Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News file