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What is being said about… SCHOOL COUNSELORS Recommendation from American School Counselors Association is 250 students to 1 counselor. "We have to look at increasing school counselors on campus. It's not just going to impact school safety, you're going to have higher graduation rates, you're going to have happier kids, you're going to have more and more engaged kids in the course work they have. Arizona, sadly, is really behind the curve on this." – Joe Thomas, Arizona Education Association President on KTAR Data Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfi scal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey," 2014-15 V.1a. "We have to look at increasing school counselors on campus. "We have to look at increasing school counselors on campus. "We have to look at increasing school counselors on campus. "We have to look at increasing school counselors on campus. It's not just going to impact school safety, you're going to have higher graduation rates, you're going to have happier kids, you're going to have more and more engaged kids in the course work they have. Arizona, sadly, is really behind the curve on this." – Joe Thomas, Arizona Education Association President on KTAR Arizona is last in the nation 924 students to 1 counselor National Average 482 students to 1 counselor