Letters for April 13 - mlive.com: "According to the 2008 Michigan High School Counselor Report generated by The Joyce Ivy Foundation, the average caseload for a high school guidance counselor in Michigan is 362 students. The recommendation is the maximum caseload not exceed 250 students. On top of the exceedingly high student caseload each guidance counselor handles, greater budgetary restraints have forced school districts across the state to push more administrative tasks on guidance counselors' shoulders, leaving less time to work with each student.
With two daughters who have successfully graduated college and two currently in high school, I am quite familiar with the uphill battle our school guidance counselors encounter each year. With no end in site to their growing caseloads, the least we can do is thank them for their tireless dedication and devotion.
-- DAN WANSTEN/Grand Rapids"
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