Here's my issue: I keep reading about a decline in enrollment, yet because they've closed so many schools, the ones that are open are bursting at the seams. 30+ kids in classrooms designed for 20. How can they spend money on counselors when class sizes are so astronomical? I agree that mental health is important, and I'd love to see full-time counselors on staff at every school. Unlike the scoffers below (Calling Balderas names like a grade-school bully isn't advancing your argument), I understand that there are children who come to school with deep issues that make learning extremely difficult. It'd be nice if all parents did a good job, but many of them don't, and we still want their kids to be productive members of society. We're stuffing them in loud, overcrowded classrooms, and it's not helping them or their peers, and it's burning out the teachers. 4J knows class size is of huge importance to parents, but they continue to blame schools and ignore parents. I don't understand it.