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Council member emphasizes importance of mental health support for students
1:33:12
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse concludes her time by emphasizing the critical importance of mental health support for students, especially in light of the pandemic. Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos acknowledges the importance of this issue and commits to providing information on the funding allocated for mental health support.
- The council member stresses that mental health support for students should not be cut, given the impact of the pandemic.
- The Chancellor agrees with the importance of mental health support and promises to provide specific funding information at a later time.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:33:12
And I wanna say thank you, and don't forget mental health.
1:33:15
Our kids been through a pandemic when it come to mental health for high school, junior high, we cannot cut that because we need our kids to be able to function again.
Melissa Aviles-Ramos
1:33:25
Thank You are 100% right.
1:33:26
We are not going to forget.
1:33:27
And we also didn't forget the other part of your question, which was not only how but how much.
1:33:32
So we're gonna get you we're gonna get you a dollar amount of how much we've invested.
1:33:36
We just don't have that on us right now.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:33:37
Okay.
1:33:38
So thank you.
1:33:39
Thank you so much.
1:33:40
Thank you, chair.