Trump admin cuts mental health grants, impacting 2 San Diego County school districts | NBC 7
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Michelle and Katherine Lemong'}, {'start': '25.279', 'end': '29.279', 'text': 'Grove School District and La Mesa Spring'}, {'start': '27.279', 'end': '31.119', 'text': 'Valley School District both received'}, {'start': '29.279', 'end': '33.280', 'text': 'that letter from the Department of'}, {'start': '31.119', 'end': '36.399', 'text': 'Education yesterday and they call these'}, {'start': '33.280', 'end': '38.399', 'text': 'cuts unprecedented. Meanwhile, parents'}, {'start': '36.399', 'end': '40.680', 'text': 'are wondering how all of this is going'}, {'start': '38.399', 'end': '44.160', 'text': 'to impact their students'}, {'start': '40.680', 'end': '46.399', 'text': 'futures. It would be devastating. Gindle'}, {'start': '44.160', 'end': '48.399', 'text': 'McMahon is a parent to three children'}, {'start': '46.399', 'end': '50.960', 'text': 'enrolled at La Mesa Spring Valley'}, {'start': '48.399', 'end': '53.840', 'text': 'Schools. Parent Empowerment Program or'}, {'start': '50.960', 'end': '55.840', 'text': 'PEP, a program for parents like Gindle'}, {'start': '53.840', 'end': '58.320', 'text': 'and her daughter Birdie to work through'}, {'start': '55.840', 'end': '60.480', 'text': 'adolescent emotional and behavioral'}, {'start': '58.320', 'end': '62.559', 'text': 'challenges. The progress that my'}, {'start': '60.480', 'end': '64.559', 'text': 'daughter has made in the program alone'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '67.040', 'text': 'and the way that she interacts with her'}, {'start': '64.559', 'end': '70.280', 'text': 'peers and just normal people and places'}, {'start': '67.040', 'end': '74.560', 'text': "out in the world. Um, if she didn't have"}, {'start': '70.280', 'end': '77.040', 'text': 'that, we would be like really isolated'}, {'start': '74.560', 'end': '79.360', 'text': 'from just everyone. As of Wednesday, the'}, {'start': '77.040', 'end': '82.479', 'text': 'question of if programs like this could'}, {'start': '79.360', 'end': '84.799', 'text': 'last beyond this year is on the table.'}, {'start': '82.479', 'end': '87.280', 'text': 'The rationale was very vague. It just'}, {'start': '84.799', 'end': '90.000', 'text': 'said that the grant did not align with'}, {'start': '87.280', 'end': '91.680', 'text': 'priorities of the administration. La'}, {'start': '90.000', 'end': '94.159', 'text': 'Mesa Spring Valley School District'}, {'start': '91.680', 'end': '95.840', 'text': 'Superintendent David Feliciano is'}, {'start': '94.159', 'end': '98.079', 'text': 'referring to this letter from the'}, {'start': '95.840', 'end': '100.799', 'text': 'Department of Education reading the'}, {'start': '98.079', 'end': '103.439', 'text': 'department quote has determined not to'}, {'start': '100.799', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'continue your federal reward. The letter'}, {'start': '103.439', 'end': '108.079', 'text': 'citing the grant award aligned with the'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '111.439', 'text': "previous administration's priorities."}, {'start': '108.079', 'end': '114.079', 'text': 'Yeah, it was almost disbelief and and'}, {'start': '111.439', 'end': '116.240', 'text': "frustration because it's clear that"}, {'start': '114.079', 'end': '118.479', 'text': "there's just a lack of understanding."}, {'start': '116.240', 'end': '121.079', 'text': 'Jennifer Corell assisted in writing the'}, {'start': '118.479', 'end': '123.920', 'text': 'grant. The district was awarded $11'}, {'start': '121.079', 'end': '126.159', 'text': 'million. If it expires early at the end'}, {'start': '123.920', 'end': '129.920', 'text': "of the year, they'll lose out on $6"}, {'start': '126.159', 'end': '132.160', 'text': 'million that fund 30 positions across 21'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '134.160', 'text': 'schools. disrupting students in the'}, {'start': '132.160', 'end': '135.520', 'text': 'middle of a year with a support that'}, {'start': '134.160', 'end': '136.720', 'text': "they have on campus that they're very"}, {'start': '135.520', 'end': '138.640', 'text': "close to, an adult that they're"}, {'start': '136.720', 'end': '140.560', 'text': 'connected with is really, really, very'}, {'start': '138.640', 'end': '142.560', 'text': 'detrimental to our students. According'}, {'start': '140.560', 'end': '144.480', 'text': 'to the New York Times, a spokesperson'}, {'start': '142.560', 'end': '146.400', 'text': 'with the Department of Education told'}, {'start': '144.480', 'end': '148.720', 'text': 'the publication the funds would be'}, {'start': '146.400', 'end': '150.800', 'text': 'halted for schools across the country'}, {'start': '148.720', 'end': '152.519', 'text': 'because of a particular focus on'}, {'start': '150.800', 'end': '154.640', 'text': 'increasing the diversity of'}, {'start': '152.519', 'end': '156.959', 'text': 'psychologists, counselors, and other'}, {'start': '154.640', 'end': '158.879', 'text': 'mental health workers. Locally, the'}, {'start': '156.959', 'end': '161.280', 'text': "district says it's using the money as"}, {'start': '158.879', 'end': '162.640', 'text': 'intended and needed. You know, at the'}, {'start': '161.280', 'end': '164.400', 'text': "end of the day, we're trying to prevent"}, {'start': '162.640', 'end': '166.000', 'text': 'school violence, um kids not feeling'}, {'start': '164.400', 'end': '168.239', 'text': 'like they belong, long-term mental'}, {'start': '166.000', 'end': '169.440', 'text': 'health, and um issues that may come when'}, {'start': '168.239', 'end': '171.840', 'text': "they don't get that support early"}, {'start': '169.440', 'end': '171.840', 'text': 'through early'}, {'start': '171.959', 'end': '176.080', 'text': 'intervention. Laame Mesa Spring Valley'}, {'start': '174.000', 'end': '178.720', 'text': 'School District plans to appeal that'}, {'start': '176.080', 'end': '180.640', 'text': 'decision. So does Lemon Grove School'}, {'start': '178.720', 'end': '182.959', 'text': 'District. Reporting live from La Mesa,'}, {'start': '180.640', 'end': '185.680', 'text': "I'm Brooke Martell, NBC7. All right,"}, {'start': '182.959', 'end': '185.680', 'text': 'Brooke. so much.'}]