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Tribune editorial: Psychologists in every school? Jordan District faces a changing world

Utah has built its most-bang-for-the-buck school system on not doing these kinds of things. We have one school nurse for every 4,500 kids, and few high schools have adequate counselors. Our philosophy has been to put every dollar into classrooms and take administrative/auxiliary positions down to the bare minimum.

Jordan, mostly a bedroom district with a small commercial tax base, has one of the lowest per-pupil expenditures among the 41 school districts. They aren't Park City. So their decision to spend money on this shows how schools are increasingly on the front lines in addressing family issues.