School counseling on the decline

If there were ever a time to shift monies so schools could hire more counselors it would be now. With increased academic, college, social and emotional stressors that teenagers face we do not need to see a decrease in the counselor/student ratio at our high schools.  The most current data shows the ratio is 471 students per single counselor in this USA Today article.  The American School Counselors Association recommends 250-1!