Mukamenya nkhondo ndi masukulu aboma, mukulimbana ndi matope omwe amagwirizanitsa anthu ammudzi. Sindiwe wosunga zinthu, ndiwe wowononga." -Garrison Keeler
Bajeti ya 2013 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) idalandira chidwi chodabwitsa pamsonkhano wapagulu womwe unachitikira ku Malcolm X College ku West Side madzulo a July 11. Anthu oposa 200 adadzaza holoyo kuti amvetsere kufotokozera za bajeti kuchokera kwa Chief Operating Officer Tim Cawley kenako funsani mafunso ndikupanga malingaliro awo. Zimene omvetserawo anachita zinali zoipa kwambiri. Cawley ananyozedwa mokweza maulendo angapo. Misonkhano yofananayi idachitikira ku makoleji a Kennedy-King ndi Daley ku South Side. Palibe misonkhano yomwe inkachitikira kumpoto kwa mzindawu.
Bungwe la Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) linafotokoza kuti ndi "bajeti yabwino kwambiri."
M'mbuyomo tsiku lomwelo Moody's Investor's Service adatsitsa chiwongola dzanja cha CPS, ndikuzindikira kuti thumba la ndalama zokwana $431 miliyoni lidachotsedwa kuti lilipire bajeti ya 2013. Moody's anachenjeza kuti, "Kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kwa nkhokwe kudzathetsa ndalama zogwirira ntchito zosasungika m'boma ndikuchepetsa kwambiri ndalama zogwirira ntchito."
Moody's adanena kuti kutsika kwachiwiri kungachitike posachedwa. Kutsika kwa mavoti kumatanthauza kuti CPS iyenera kulipira zambiri kuti ibwereke ndalama. Yapeza kale ngongole ya madola 5.6 biliyoni.
Bajetiyi yayambitsa chitsutso mumzinda wonse, ngakhale omwe nthawi zambiri amasamala Chicago Tribune ndi Crains Chicago Business kulowera mkati. Nkhondo yolimbana ndi bajeti ya masukulu aku Chicago ili ndi zotsatira za dziko lonse pomwe mizinda ina ikulimbana ndi mavuto omwewo.
Kuwononga masukulu oyandikana nawo kuti alipire privatization & charter
Woimira Board of Ed a Cawley adapereka PowerPoint yomwe idafotokoza tsogolo la mayeso okhazikika komanso masukulu ophunzitsira, omwe sanathetse vuto lamaphunziro lomwe lafalikira mu mzindawu.
Aphunzitsi amakakamizika “kuphunzitsa mpaka mayeso” zomwe zimachepetsa chisangalalo cha ophunzira pakuphunzira ndi kufufuza, pomwe zimachepetsa kukula kwa luso loganiza mozama. Masukulu ambiri oyandikana nawo, makamaka m'magulu ogwira ntchito amitundu yosiyanasiyana, akuchotsedwa ntchito ndikulandidwa zojambulajambula, nyimbo, malaibulale, ma labu apakompyuta & malo osewerera. Masukulu oyandikana nawo ndi anangula m'madera awo. Kuwaukira kumangowonjezera chisokonezo ndi chiwawa.
Aphunzitsi amakumana:
~makalasi odzaza kwambiri
~nthawi yosakwanira yokonzekera
~ma lab osakwanira ndi malo ofanana
~madenga akutha, utoto wosenda & pulasitala wogwa
~kusakhala bwino kwa mpweya wa m'nyumba ndi kuwongolera kutentha
~chiwopsezo cha ziwawa
~kusatetezeka pantchito
~kulipira zipangizo za m'kalasi m'thumba mwake
Bajetiyi siyikukhudzana ndi tsiku lotalikirapo la sukulu, komanso kufunika kokweza malipiro okwanira kwa aphunzitsi aku Chicago omwe adzawonjezedwe ntchito zambiri. Aphunzitsi aku Chicago amagwira kale ntchito pafupifupi maola 58 pa sabata. Aphunzitsi odziwa ntchito akutaya ntchito chifukwa CPS imalemba ganyu anthu otsika mtengo omwe sakudziwa zambiri pa ma chart awo ndi masukulu "osintha".
Zomwe bungweli limapereka lidakondwerera kuyesetsa kwawo kupatsa mphamvu aphunzitsi akuluakulu, koma sanalankhule za momwe angalimbikitsire aphunzitsi, omwe amagwira ntchito yophunzitsa maso ndi maso. Kutonthola uku kumalankhula mokweza kuposa mawu.
The fundo
Msonkhanowo usanayambe, bungwe latsopano la Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign (CTSC) linachita msonkhano wa atolankhani kunja kwa Malcolm X College kuti alengeze kutsutsa kwawo bajeti ya 2013. Oyambitsidwa ndi omenyera ufulu wa Occupy Chicago kuti athandizire Chicago Teachers Union pazokambirana zake ndi Board, gululi tsopano ndi gulu lalikulu la mabungwe, magulu, ophunzira ndi makolo omwe amathandizira aphunzitsi komanso maphunziro aboma. Gululi likuyembekeza kuti sitiraka ya aphunzitsi ipewedwa, koma yakonzeka kupereka chithandizo chokwanira ngati aphunzitsi anyanyala.
Pulofesa wa UIC Labor Studies, Steven Ashby, adanena kuti kupangidwa kwa CTSC sikunachitikepo kuti:
"Pazaka zopitilira 30 ndikuwonera ubale wantchito, sindinawonepo komiti yogwirizana ndi anthu akuluakulu asanayambe sitalaka, ngakhale patadutsa miyezi iwiri kapena itatu kuti anthu achite sitiraka"
David Hernandez, mphunzitsi wa maphunziro a chikhalidwe cha anthu m'mudzi wa Little Village ku Chicago ku Southwest Side analankhula za zomwe anakumana nazo m'kalasi:
"Aphunzitsi akufunsidwa kuti agwire ntchito 20 peresenti yowonjezera, ndipo bajeti iyi imatilipira 2 peresenti yachipongwe (kukweza). Osati zokhazo, palibe lamulo loti mamembala athu alipire chifukwa cha zomwe adakumana nazo, komanso digirii yawo yopitilira maphunziro, zomwe sizikufunidwa ndi boma la Illinois kokha, komanso zomwe zimapindulitsa ophunzira athu mwachindunji. Ndi chipongwe kwa aphunzitsi.”
Magulu a makolo ozungulira mzindawo adalonjeza kale kuti chithandizo cha maphunziro a anthu ndi aphunzitsi ake. Erica Clark, wa Parents for Teachers, adalankhulanso ndi atolankhani kuti:
"Masukulu akupitirizabe kusowa zinthu zofunikira - alangizi, ogwira ntchito zothandiza anthu, anamwino, akatswiri a masamu, aphunzitsi a zaluso ndi nyimbo - zonse zomwe makolo amafunira ana awo, komanso zomwe timamvetsetsa kuti ana athu amafunikira."
Mkati mwa Malcolm X College, mamembala a CTSC adalumikizana ndi ena kuti afotokoze nkhawa zawo
Polankhula kuchokera kwa omvera membala wa High HOPES (Healing Over the Punishment of Expulsions and Suspensions) Campaign adalongosola ndondomeko za chilango cha Board monga njira ya "sukulu kupita kundende", pogwiritsa ntchito zilango zazikulu ndikukankhira ophunzira kusukulu kupyolera mwa kuyimitsidwa ndi kuthamangitsidwa. .
Malinga ndi High HOPES Campaign,”…anali ophunzira opitilira 40,000 omwe adaimitsidwa ndipo ophunzira 600 adachotsedwa. Kampeni ikufuna kuti Bungweli liwonjezere pulogalamu ya Restorative Justice yomwe idapangidwa kuti asunge ana kusukulu m'malo mothamangitsidwa m'misewu.
Jan Rodolfo wa National Nurses United (NNU) anabwerezanso mutuwu pamene amalankhula za ana omwe amanyamulidwa m'zipinda zadzidzidzi ndi zipolopolo m'matupi awo kuchokera ku ziwawa za mumsewu za Chicago. Masukulu oyandikana nawo othandizidwa bwino angathandize kupewa ngozizi, makamaka tsopano pamene kuwoloka malire a zigawenga kungayambitse kuvulala ndi imfa.
Mphunzitsi wa Kelvyn Park High School ku Northwest Side anafotokoza momwe sukulu yake ikuvutikira ndi njala pamene masukulu obwereketsa m'madera oyandikana nawo akuwoneka kuti ali ndi zonse zomwe akufunikira. Ankaona ngati sukulu yake yazunguliridwa, yosankhidwa ndi kuzingidwa.
Mphunzitsi wina wamaphunziro apadera anafotokoza mmene m’kalasi mwake munali anthu ambiri, m’kalasi mwake munapangitsa kuti kuphunzitsa kukhala kosatheka mpaka pamene mphunzitsi wamkuluyo anakwanitsa kuchepetsa kukula kwake n’kuphunzitsanso ana mwadzidzidzi. Monga momwe kapepala kamene kanafalitsidwa pakati pa omvera kumanenera, magulu ang'onoang'ono a magulu ndi kusintha kwa maphunziro komwe kumagwira ntchito. Kafukufuku amatsimikizira kufunika kwa kalasi yaying'ono.
Chifukwa cha mavuto azachuma komanso chikhalidwe cha anthu omwe akugwira ntchito ku Chicago, ophunzira ambiri aku Chicago amabwera kusukulu ali ndi mavuto angapo omwe ayenera kuwongoleredwa kuti apambane. Mmodzi wogwira nawo ntchito kusukulu yemwe akulemedwa ndi udindo wa sukulu za 3, adawonetsa momwe bajeti imachitira pang'ono kuwonjezera chiwerengero cha ogwira nawo ntchito ndi aphungu.
Oyankhula angapo adadzudzula momwe Mzinda wa Chicago umagwiritsira ntchito molakwika ndalama za TIF komanso momwe mabungwe akuluakulu amakhoma msonkho panthawi yomwe mabanja ogwira ntchito ku Chicago adakhudzidwa ndi kuwonjezeka kwa msonkho wa katundu. Lorraine Chavez, yemwe ndi kholo lomenyera ufulu wa Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign, adadzudzula mwamphamvu lingaliro la Board kuti lichotse thumba lake losungira. Anakumbutsa Bungweli kuti kutsika kwa ngongole ya Moody kungakhale ndi zotsatirapo zoipa pamene masukulu akukakamizika kubwereka ndalama zambiri.
Olankhulira a Board nthawi zambiri amanena kuti palibe "ndalama", koma Bambo Cawley analephera kunena kuti Mzinda wa Chicago ndi State of Illinois nthawi zonse amaponya ndalama pamavuto malinga ngati ndalamazo zimamatira kwa olemera.
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Bungwe la Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lidakwiya ndipo lidafuna kuti boma lipume msonkho wa $77 miliyoni. Uwu! Zinaoneka.
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Bungwe la Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) linkafuna ndalama zokwana madola 15 miliyoni za msonkho wa boma. Poof! Zinaoneka.
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Penny Pritzker wa Chicago Board of Education adafuna ndalama zokwana $5.2 miliyoni za Tax Increment Fund (TIF) kuti amange Hyatt Hotel yatsopano. Uwu! Zinaoneka.
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Tsopano Doug Oberhelman wa Caterpillar, mmodzi mwa olemba ntchito akuluakulu ku Illinois, akudandaula za kuwonjezeka kwa msonkho ndikuwopseza kuti asamutse maofesi a Caterpillar ku Peoria IL. Caterpillar adapeza phindu la $ 4.5 biliyoni 2011 ndipo Oberhelman adabweretsa kunyumba $ 16.9 miliyoni.
Illinois ili ndi imodzi mwazinthu zokhometsa msonkho kwambiri mdziko muno popeza mabungwe amagwiritsa ntchito nthawi yopuma yamisonkho monga "Vendor Discount" ndi "Single Sales Factor" kuphatikiza njira zotsika mtengo zomwe malinga ndi ofufuza. Thomas Cafcas ndi Greg LeRoy zimawonongetsa Boma ndalama zoposa $600 miliyoni pachaka.
Sukulu za ku Illinois zimalipidwa ndi misonkho ya katundu zomwe zikutanthauza kuti Chicago, yomwe ili ndi umphawi wadzaoneni, ili pamavuto poyerekeza ndi zigawo zolemera ngati Winnetka kumadera akumpoto.
Zoonadi pamene ndalama za sukulu zimachokera ku federal level, ndi chithandizo chake chachikulu ku mafuta, agribiz ndi zida pamodzi ndi nkhondo zathu zopanda malire m'madera monga Afghanistan, chabwino, ndikulola kuti uchite masamu. Tikuoneka kuti tikupeza ndalama zophera ana m’mayiko osauka koma osawaphunzitsa tokha.
Bajeti ya CPS 2013 ndi capitalism yatsoka pantchito
Mu 2008, womenyera ufulu waku Canada a Naomi Klein adasindikiza The Shock Doctrine: Kukwera kwa Disaster Capitalism. M'menemo adawonetsa momwe atsogoleri andale ndi mabungwe amagwiritsira ntchito masoka achilengedwe ndi anthu kuti abweretse mavuto azachuma kudzera "...
Chitsanzo chingakhale New Orleans komwe pambuyo pa kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa mphepo yamkuntho Katrina ndi uinjiniya wosauka wa levee, anthu okhalamo adapeza kuti masukulu awo aboma akugulitsidwa ndi Fiat. Ngakhale izi zidawonetsedwa ngati kukulitsa "chosankha," kusankha kwasukulu yaboma yoyandikana nayo mwachiwonekere kunali kofunikira kwambiri. M'malo mwake zothandizira zidatumizidwa kusukulu zokulitsa makola. Ophunzira amitundu yogwira ntchito akusiyidwa pakukula kofulumira kwa masukulu obwereketsa ndi masukulu omwe amasankha omwe amawakonda. ophunzira ambiri apakati ndi azungu.
Mukuyamba kumveka bwino? Ndikukhulupirira kuti tikuwona izi zikuchitika ku Chicago. Pokhometsa misonkho m'mabungwe olemera komanso kukulitsa ma chart omwe ali ndi udindo wochepa pagulu, Chicago ikupanga njira ziwiri zophunzitsira zosiyanitsidwa ndi mtundu ndi kalasi.
Kuwukira kwa bungwe la Chicago Teachers Union ndi gawo lazokhumudwitsa.
CTU yapereka ndondomeko yowonjezereka yosintha zinthu motengera kukula kwa magulu ang'onoang'ono, kugogomezera kuyesedwa kwa hi-stakes ndi zosintha zina zambiri zochokera ku kafukufuku womveka wa maphunziro. Ndi ufulu Ophunzira aku Chicago a Sukulu Ayenera ndipo mutha kuyitsitsa kwaulere. Ndi zomveka kusintha ntchito ZONSE Ophunzira a ku Chicago, osati ana a akatswiri apakati komanso olemera, omwe chifukwa cha kulimbikira kwathu kwa mitundu yosiyanasiyana, adzakhala azungu. A Chicago Board of Education ndi mabungwe ofalitsa nkhani omwe ali ndi makampani anyalanyaza kwathunthu phukusi lakusintha kwa CTU. Palibe zodabwitsa. Maphunziro abwino kwa ZONSE mwa anthu ogwira ntchito ambiri a mumzindawo sakhala pamwamba pa mndandanda wawo wofunika kwambiri.
Lingaliro lofafaniza thumba la Reserve la Board of Education lipatsa atsogoleri aku Chicago kuthekera koyambitsa mavuto azachuma monga adachitira kale m'mbiri ya Chicago. “Vuto” lotsogozedwa ndi mabanki ndi chida champhamvu “chochiza mantha” chothetsa mavuto a sitiraka yomwe aphunzitsi angakumane nayo m’dzinja. Pomwe Bungweli likupitiliza kukulitsa ma charter ndi njira zina zosungira anthu wamba, akuyembekeza kuti afika "posachedwa" pomwe CTU ndi ogwirizana nawo atha kufowoketsedwa kotero kuti kukana kutha kugwa ndipo dongosolo la magawo awiri amaphunziro amkalasi ndi mafuko adzapambana. .
Kuwukira kwa CTU ndikuwukiranso mabungwe ogwira ntchito m'boma mumzinda wonsewo komanso ndi phunziro lamphamvu kwa mabungwe omwe atsala. Malipiro anu ndi mapindu anu alinso pa chodulapo. Ndi kuwukira kwa mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono omwe amadalira kwambiri makasitomala omwe angakwanitse kugula zomwe akugulitsa. Ndikuwukira madera monga Woodlawn, Kenwood, K-Town ndi North Lawndale omwe amafunikira kwambiri ntchito zolipira kwambiri komanso mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono anzeru.
Ndilo lingaliro la capitalism yatsoka, mawonekedwe a Windy City. Ngati zikuyenda bwino, ganizirani Detroit pa Lake Michigan.
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