Wednesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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The Seattle City Council votes on mental health funding in Seattle Public Schools, Washington state's November ballot will have 11 presidential candidates, and there are some court challenges to Washington ballot initiatives.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
| 0:01.8 | It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
| 0:06.4 | The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. |
| 0:10.7 | Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. |
| 0:17.5 | We get behind the headlines. |
| 0:19.4 | We get to the truth. |
| 0:22.8 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. |
| 0:28.6 | Good evening from the KUOW Newsroom. I'm Paige Browning, and this is Seattle now. Thanks for tuning |
| 0:35.5 | in on a lovely summertime day. Here are today's |
| 0:39.2 | top stories. It's Wednesday, August 14th. Starting with student well-being in Seattle. Seattle City |
| 0:46.5 | Council has voted no to $20 million in funding for student mental health services as first |
| 0:52.9 | proposed. Instead, on Tuesday, the council approved a lower amount, $12.5 million. |
| 1:00.0 | Ingram High School senior, C.C. Kennedy, told KU.O.W. she's disappointed by the council's decision. |
| 1:06.0 | It hurt. It just kind of felt like we were devaluing mental health support in general and not giving it the |
| 1:12.8 | attention that it should be given in terms of money. It's just not enough. It's still not going to be |
| 1:20.1 | enough. Students and city leaders work together to set aside money in response to the deadly shooting |
| 1:25.7 | at Ingram High School in 2022. |
| 1:28.3 | But last month, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the city couldn't authorize the original 20 million that was planned. |
| 1:35.3 | Kennedy was at school in 2022 when gunshots were fired. |
| 1:41.3 | I couldn't move on from my experience. not knowing who to reach out to or how to |
| 1:47.5 | get the help that I needed. And again, it wasn't offered at school. The only comfort I could find |
| 1:51.3 | was talking with my friends, but none of us are licensed professionals. We can be a shoulder to |
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