There are school districts in our state who have cut counselors from schools. The running joke in these communities is that counselors are people who never settled into a profession, and therefore have to tell others what to do with their lives. It’s funny for a moment, until you realize that a counselor was just murdered on Friday while trying to stop a young man from committing a horrible act.

I’m thankful now that I have an answer when people ask, “What does a counselor do for schools?”