Here's the plan... fuck America's youth up to the point of no return!!!
I found this article at baynews9.com... I don't know if other counties are contemplating this, but if you want to fuck up our youth even more, this is the way to do it. There are already so many ridiculous fucking "mental illnesses" being diagnosed to kids out there. There are also way too many overmedicated children who are being stuffed with drugs, of which the long term effects are unknown (and while their bodies are still developing, no less). Education has already been reduced to shit and now it's just being smeared on the faces of parents and their children. If you feel like I do, send an email to Board@pcsb.org letting them know how you feel. This is the school board's email. Let them know that this is fucked. But (and I hate to say it) write the email in a somewhat civil manner, please. Thanks.


Suicide screenings a possibility in Pinellas schools
Thursday, November 11, 2004

Shern wants to help students who may be suicidal.
When seven Pinellas County students committed suicide in a span of eight months two years ago, the school district produced a video to educate teachers about the warning signs.

USF professor David Shern says he wants to help students who may be suicidal and is asking the Pinellas County School Board for permission to screen high school students for mental health problems.

"Suicidal behavior is the third most frequent killer of children and adolescents," said Shern.

Across the U.S. last year, more than 6,500 teenagers committed suicide. A recent survey showed that 22 percent of sixth- and eighth-graders in Pinellas County seriously considered killing themselves.

Linda Jones with Pinellas County's Safe and Drug Free Schools Department says a pilot program is being developed for ninth-graders at Northeast High School in St. Petersburg and could be expanded countywide.

"If the youngster showed positive signs through the screening, then they would also be seen by a clinician and there would be contact with the parents at that point and attempts would be made to get that youngster immediate help," said Jones.

Before these screenings can be given, both the parent and student must give permission.
School board members will consider the program.


Some school board members have some serious questions about diving into such a delicate subject.

"You are planting seeds and ideas into kids' heads that were not there to begin with," said board member Nancy Bostock.

Bostock says mental health should be left to doctors, not educators.

"It's a concern of the public that the school is perceived as stepping into a medical area where they don't belong and it's very, very controversial," said Bostock.

However, other board members think being proactive could save a life.

"Suicide is preventable," said the board's Linda Lerner. "It's caused by depression and it's a treatable disease and by doing this in one program, it's going to go well beyond that."

If school board members sign off on the policy, the mental health screenings could begin as soon as next year.