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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.
                                    