MCHS’s stance
February 19, 2021
At MCHS, there are many resources for students who suffer from panic attacks, or who may just be having a bad day. According to Colleen Pawela, one of West Campus’s school nurses, students who visit the nurses office complaining of panic attacks are given some time to breathe, their vitals are then checked, and they are offered resources or taught breathing techniques.
Gregory Eiserman, Assistant Principal of West Campus, states that because of ‘Ashley’s Law,’ a law put in place in 2008, requiring schools in Illinois to accommodate students with a debilitating condition that would benefit from use of medicinal marijuana.
“Personally and professionally,” he says, “I am in support of anything that has been researched, reviewed, and approved that may help students be successful.”