POTSDAM -- Steve Todd, the Jefferson-Lewis BOCES Superintendent, joins North Country Matters host Donna Seymour for a wide-ranging conversation about education issues in the North Country.

The topics cover education funding, anti-poverty and energy initiatives, testing, school safety, and mental health issues and services.

The YouTube link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5fRIIEokKU.

His BOCES has been a leader in providing mental health services to children in school. An upcoming screen of a one-hour documentary film “Resilience” will be shown in the Jefferson-Lewis BOCES Administrative Building’s A and B conference rooms on May 4, co-hosted by BOCES and Prevent Child Abuse New York will discuss the biology of stress.

The film explores adverse childhood experiences and their effect on development. A facilitated discussion will be hosted after the screening. The event is free, but anyone interested in attending should make reservations. Reservations can be made by calling Kylie Schell at 315-779-7117.

North Country Matters is a local public affairs video magazine now in its 14th year. The NCM civic partners working to educate North Country residents about critical public policy issues facing our region include AAUW-St. Lawrence County, the League of Women Voters of St. Lawrence County, and The Potsdam Public Library. The shows are filmed in the Fred W. Cleveland Computer Center at the Potsdam Library.

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