HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF)- We are hearing from parents upset with a recent decision by the Hamilton County School Board to discontinue a partnership with Centerstone Mental Health.

Amanda Chenkins’ daughter is in the first grade at Battle Academy.

She says her therapist, provided by Centerstone through the school, has been a huge part of her educational journey.

However, that has been pulled away from them due to a recent decision by the Hamilton County School Board.

Chenkins said, “It was heartbreaking, you know. That’s her safe place, her safe zone.”

She says that her daughter’s therapist told her earlier this week she was no longer allowed to be inside the school building, as is the case across all Hamilton County Schools.

Chenkins said, “My baby, she was very tore up when sh

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