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Number of counselors in schools
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Council Member Rita Joseph asks students about the number of counselors in their schools. Students from various schools respond, revealing a wide range in the ratio of counselors to students across different schools.
- Responses range from 2 counselors for 500 students to 12-15 counselors for 4,000 students
- One school reported having 10-12 student counselors and 4 college counselors for over 6,000 students
- The responses highlight the disparity in counselor availability across different schools
Rita Joseph
7:41:11
How many counselors are in your schools?
7:41:18
Have two.
7:41:19
Give it a mic.
7:41:21
Two.
7:41:21
Two.
7:41:22
How many?
Yvel Nunez
7:41:23
I have in a school 500 kids like three.
7:41:27
Three.
Rita Joseph
7:41:27
Okay.
Melolo F.
7:41:29
In my school there's about like 3,500 kids and there's only around eight or nine counselors.
Nora A.
7:41:38
In my school we have roughly like 500 kids because it's two schools but specifically mine's.
7:41:45
We have like five counselors.
Orla F.
7:41:48
In my school we have about 800 or so kids and about three or four counselors.
Hadia A.
7:41:56
In my school, we have almost 4,000 kids and we have about 12 to 15 counselors, but two college counselors for 1,000 kids.
Janice C.
7:42:06
In my school, we have over 6,000 kids and, yeah, it's a lot.
7:42:11
We have about 10 to 12 student counselors and four college counselors.