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High student-to-counselor ratios in large schools
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A former student of Fort Hamilton High School shares his experience with the insufficient number of social workers for the large student population, highlighting the challenges in accessing mental health services.
- Fort Hamilton High School had only two social workers for 4,400 students
- The situation didn't improve during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Many students who requested mental health services were unable to receive them
- This issue of high student-to-counselor ratios is prevalent across New York City public high schools
Edward S.
8:36:02
Just to quickly add on, I am a former graduate of Fort Hamilton High School.
8:36:06
I graduated in June of twenty twenty one.
8:36:08
Now the type of research that they have now is incredible, of course, over the years.
8:36:12
However, even when I was there, the population was around 4,600 and we only had two social workers for 4,400 students.
8:36:21
And especially during a time during COVID that they didn't increase, a majority of my friends who requested or want those type of services never got it.
8:36:31
Although I know it's still not enough in Fort because there's just wait there's 5,000 students and it's the population ratio between social workers and students is immense and you can see it across every other public high school in New York City.