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CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials in Cincinnati's schools are expanding anti-suicide efforts after notifying students' families of two teens who took their own lives this year.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports (http://cin.ci/1T366Na ) the 34,000-student district is trying to stem what health officials and faith leaders are calling a crisis of area teens committing suicide.
District spokeswoman Janet Walsh says they have a community strategy involving all of the school social workers and counselors to speak with all students between fifth- and 12th-grade.
Superintendent Mary Ronan sent students and their families a letter that listed suicide prevention resources available through Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The district also sent parents and guardians a two-page guide on how to talk about suicide and depression with children.
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