00:00I used to go to Franklin Elementary when it closed. I had to start over somewhere new.
00:05My mental health struggled to get adjusted because during this time, the pandemic came and everything was virtual.
00:13I was a new student, a stranger. That experience was really hard on me.
00:16I chose Marshall because it felt stable. I had to move because of the fires, and I still go to
00:21Marshall even though it takes me an hour each way because it feels like home.
00:25If Marshall closes, I don't know where I would go or if I would even stay.
00:30I'm not the only one. There are so many students like me who have stayed because of the Marshall community.
00:37If you take that away, you're not just closing the school. You're losing students. Please don't make me start over
00:43again.
00:44Please stop talking about how resilient our children are. I don't want them to have to be resilient anymore.
00:52We've had COVID and fires and ice is everywhere. We have to think about their mental health.
01:02Please honor our kids and our school and keep all of our schools open.
01:08We're going to have lots of housing soon, by the way. You're going to have a lot of kids coming
01:12in, so think about that.
01:15Thank you so much.
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