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Millions of students are heading back to school with a challenge they didn't have to face last year. The more contagious delta variant is fueling a nationwide COVID-19 surge that's sending younger people to hospitals — including children.

When students walk through the doors of the Dodge City Community College Student Achievement and Resources Center (SARC), they can expect a calm, relaxed environment for tutoring, advising, studying and study hall.

During a special meeting, members of the Leavenworth Board of Education were briefed on a mental health program at Leavenworth High School.

Glenda LaBarbara, assistant superintendent for the Garden City USD 457 Board of Education, said their annual student survey looks at a variety topics.

Thousands of students at Kansas’s public universities have sought out mental health treatment, to the point that the Kansas Board of Regents says schools are spending more money on such care — though it couldn’t provide an exact total.

Bullying just won’t go away. If anything, the advent of smartphones and social media has made it worse.

A program that offers mental health services at 22 Wichita schools is finishing its first year with signs of success.

As soon as Quincy Stewart started teaching music, he realized that harmonies and melodies would never be enough — not nearly enough for a man determined to connect his students with their history and culture.