Mon’s students have real-world worries
You’re late again on the mortgage. Too many bills. Not enough paycheck. Extras? Forget extras. You’re just trying to get by. What happens if you lose the house? If the think the above litany of stresses is coming from say, an adult hunkered down at the kitchen table at the end of the month, think again. Those are some of the stressors reported by Monongalia County elementary school students seated at their classroom desks this fall. Michael Ryan, who directs diversity and inclusion services for the local public school district, did a bit of a sonar sweep of the ...