With the pandemic contributing to the rising rates of depression and anxiety among kids, the Murphy administration has announced a statewide plan that would make mental wellness a priority in the classroom and identify and refer students in need of counseling services outside their school. But in launching the New Jersey Statewide Student Support Network, the state would end a popular youth services program in June that has operated in 90 school districts since 1988. This program’s fierce defenders who helped protect it when the administration proposed cutting its funding two years ago are enl…
