REMARKS
Supporting K-12 students and addressing senior citizens' needs
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Speaker Adams discusses the council's priorities for K-12 students and senior citizens, emphasizing the ongoing impacts of the pandemic and the need for comprehensive support.
- K-12 students are still recovering from learning loss and facing mental health challenges
- The speaker stresses the importance of supporting seniors, addressing their food and housing security, accessibility needs, and social connection
- Adams calls for greater support from all stakeholders to address these intergenerational needs
Adrienne E. Adams
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Our priorities also include the intergenerational needs of our k through 12 students and older adults, many of which have grown from the impacts of the pandemic.
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Our students are still recovering from learning loss and struggling with mental health challenges that require greater support from all of us.
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And, of course, we can't cannot and will not ever forget our seniors, the jewels of our communities to whom we owe the very foundation of our lives.
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As we support their abilities to successfully age in our city, we must address the food and housing security, accessibility needs, and social connection.
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Together, colleagues, we have significant work ahead of us this year.