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Havre has been one of 20 national districts selected to be part of a national rauma-recognizing pilot program intended to help school employees learn to identify trauma in students.

Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson said the program and its implementation is in its infant stages.

A small handful of district staff and school board Trustee Curtis Smeby attended a trauma sensitive conference April 5 and 6 in Seattle. But it will take years to have enough staff trained to recognize trauma and learn to work with students affected by it, Carlson said.

“We’re not anywhere nea...