Changing Medical Lake's narrative one family at a time

MEDICAL LAKE — The Medical Lake School District is working to develop a variety of methods and programs to “change the narrative” of the educational experience for it’s students and staff, and at least one of those programs is getting considerable attention.

The district’s innovative mental health program called “Mind Your Health” recently began offering free mental health and other services to the Medical Lake community.

Leading that program is Student Services Director Tawni Barlow who’s past careers in state corrections and social services developed a passion to plug the so-called pipeline...