REMARKS
Impact of shelter limit policies on children's education and well-being
0:14:32
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Council Member Avilés expresses deep concern about how the 30/60 day shelter limit policies are affecting school-age children. She highlights the negative impacts on children's mental well-being, educational progress, and the overall classroom environment.
- Forcing children to leave residences during the school year and potentially be placed far from their schools is a major concern
- The policy adds unnecessary burdens to an already challenged bus system
- Constantly removing children from classrooms affects all students, including those permanently placed
- The council member questions the true intention of the policy, suggesting it creates more chaos than stabilization
Alexa Avilés
0:14:32
We're deeply concerned with how these policies are impacting school age children, Forcing children to leave their residences during the school year, to possibly be placed in another shelter miles away from their school can affect a child's mental well-being and their progress in school.
0:14:52
Our bus system is already deeply challenged, so adding unnecessary burdens to assist to that system as well leaves us truly scratching our heads about the true intention of this policy, which seems to result in more and highly effective in creating chaos and waste rather than stabilization.
0:15:14
Advocates, educators, residents have shared that constantly removing children from classrooms affects everyone, especially the more permanent especially the permanently placed students who are seeing their class members disappear over and over again.
