School shootings increase crisis hotline calls
Shakira Farley, a seventh-grader at Granville T. Woods Academy of Innovation, works on a project assigned by her school counselor, Jermika Yates. Yates is one of the many counselors, teachers and parents who utilize Youth Villages Specialized Crisis Services, a 24-hour-a-day hotline. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
As the country looks back on the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a year ago, local counselors report an increasing number of calls to a youth crisis/suicide hotline.
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Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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