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Students' funding priorities for their school
5:27:40
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Council Member Rita Joseph asks the students where they would allocate increased funding for their school. Students suggest various areas for investment.
- Council member frames the question in the context of the $40 billion education budget
- Students suggest investing in social workers, guidance counselors, and improving the school environment
- Bathroom cleanliness is mentioned as a priority
Rita Joseph
5:27:40
Well, thank you.
5:27:41
We talked a lot of you mentioned a lot of funding in your testimonies each and every one of you in talking about investments, right?
5:27:48
So, if your school would have received increased funding in your opinion, where would where would you put this money?
5:27:53
Where would you invest the money that you're you're requesting?
5:27:56
Like this almost $40,000,000,000 budget, where would you put some of that money?
5:28:02
If I were to send the money to the school tomorrow, where would you put it?
Sama Mustafa
5:28:06
I would put it for through social workers and more guidance counselors and also for bathroom cleanliness and like just making the school a better environment so as students could feel more comfortable.
Rita Joseph
5:28:17
Got it.
5:28:18
Mhmm.