Derek Evans, a senior at Sandy High School, stayed home the other day, purportedly with a cold. In reality, he was feeling anxiety stemming from a school shooting scare, the second in two weeks.
But depression and anxiety aren’t considered legitimate excuses for an absence — and that’s something Evans and a student group he helped found are aiming to change at the state level.
At the prompting of Students for a Healthy Oregon, the House Committee on Health Care will be sponsoring two mental…
