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Massachusetts would need over a thousand more school counselors to meet the recommended ratio of one counselor to every 250 students, according to the Massachusetts School Counselors Association.
"It might be the only person that a child or a student has to seek out for mental-health support is the counselor."
Tama Lang, from Litwin Elementary School in Chicopee, has been named counselor of the year in Massachusetts.