As schools provide more and more social services, what might the future hold?
Description
To the casual observer, school districts today serve as one-stop shops for social services. Round Lake, for instance, provides all of the services you might expect from a modern district, such as mental health care, speech pathology, occupational therapy, and college counseling, but so much more on top of that. For instance, we provide social services for students experiencing homelessness, connections to material resources for economically disadvantaged families, free breakfast and lunch for all students, and even a school-based health center where students and employees can get physicals, flu shots, and other services. Clearly, our district and many others are expanding the educational umbrella to cover not only academic, but also social, emotional, economic, and health-based resources.
United States
