âStranded:â Honest conversation with WI students about mental health Wisconsin students reflect on mental health With so much focus on GPA, attendance, class fails, and test scores, students say those metrics canât measure their biggest issue during pandemic learning - mental health. MILWAUKEE - With so much focus on GPA, attendance, class fails, and test scores, students say those metrics can’t measure their biggest issue during pandemic learning - mental health. The ten largest school districts in southeast Wisconsin point to suffering mental health as a factor in the dropping academic performance FOX6 found in public records. But instead of just talking about students, FOX6 wanted to talk directly to them. With their parents’ permission, five high school students from different districts shared their pandemic learning experiences in a wide-ranging video call. The dominant theme of the conversation was mental health.