Alicia Biros, mphunzitsi wa masamu wa zaka 42 pa Rhode Island's North Kingstown High School, anamwalira podzipha mu May atavutika ndi maganizo. Dera laling'ono la North Kingstown, lomwe linali ndi anthu ochepera 28,000 pa kalembera komaliza, adagwedezeka ndi imfa yake. Miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake, aphunzitsi ndi ophunzira akuyeserabe kumvetsetsa ndi kuvomereza kutaya.
"Alicia amakhala yekha ndipo COVID itagunda, zidabweretsa kudzipatula m'moyo wake ndipo zidasokoneza thanzi lake," mnzake komanso mnzake Lisa Garcia adauza. Wopanda. Garcia, Mphunzitsi wa Chaka cha 2022 Rhode Island, akufotokoza Biros ngati mphunzitsi wodzipereka, mtundu wa mlangizi yemwe adalumikizana kosatha ndi ophunzira ake ambiri. "Masukulu atatsegulidwanso mu 2021, inali nthawi yovuta," adatero Garcia. “Tinauzidwa ndi oyang'anira kuti tisunge zinthu 'zabwino' kwa ana kuti ziwoneke ngati zonse zili bwino. Izi sizinali zolondola. Komanso sizinali zotheka.”
Biros, akutero Garcia, anali wokhumudwa pomwe ophunzira ndi aphunzitsi adabwerera kusukulu ndikuda nkhawa kuti adwala komanso kupatsira ena. "COVID adatiyika tonse m'malo amdima," adatero. “Munaona kuti kubwerera kunali kovuta kwa Alicia. Tinapemphedwa kuti tichite zambiri, ndipo ngakhale kuti cholinga chathu chinali kusamalira ana asukulu ndi kuwathandiza kukhala achikulire odabwitsa, ochita bwino, akuluakulu oyang'anira adanyalanyaza mawu a aphunzitsi. Tinali—ndipo—tikupweteka ndi kudzimva kukhala osafunika komanso osamvedwa. Zimatengera zovuta. ”
Zowonadi, COVID, kuphatikiza kukakamizidwa kuti akweze kukonzekera mayeso ndikukweza mayeso okhazikika - komanso kufunikira koyankha kukankhira kumbuyo kumanja motsutsana ndi maphunziro odana ndi kusankhana mitundu komanso pro-LGBTQIA + - kwadzetsa kusowa kwa aphunzitsi m'dziko lonselo. Alangizi ndi anamwino akusukulu nawonso akusowa, ndipo ochepera theka la masukulu aboma 98,469 amtundu uliwonse amalemba ntchito namwino wanthawi zonse. Pafupifupi 25 peresenti ya masukulu ali ndi palibe nurse; 30 peresenti ali ndi wina amene amabwera kwa nthawi yochepa chabe. Choyipa kwambiri, National Center for Education Statistics ikuti pakadali pano pali alangizi asukulu 114,480 a ophunzira 48 miliyoni mdziko muno, kapena pafupifupi m'modzi mwa ana 1 aliwonse. Apolisi, kumbali ina, ali paliponse.
Zotsatira zake ndi izi Ophunzira 6 ndi 10 miliyoni a K-12 amapita kusukulu komwe apolisi amawonekera, koma alangizi, akatswiri a zamaganizo ndi ogwira nawo ntchito sali.
Izi zakhudza kwambiri thanzi lamalingaliro a ophunzira akusukulu zaboma mdziko muno. Malinga ndi Kafukufuku wa 2021 wa Makhalidwe Achinyamata ndi Zochitika yochitidwa ndi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, yomwe idatulutsidwa mu Epulo 2022, mamiliyoni a ana akuvulala. M'malo mwake, 37.1 peresenti adanena kuti adadwala "maganizidwe olakwika" panthawi yotseka COVID-19. Pafupifupi 20 peresenti ananena kuti anaganizapo zodzipha. 36.7 peresenti adayesapo ndipo opitilira gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu aliwonse, XNUMX peresenti, adanenanso kuti alibe chiyembekezo kapena achisoni.
Lipotilo lati vutoli layambitsa kutsekedwa kwa masukulu, kudzipatula, mavuto azachuma, kuopa imfa kapena matenda, kusapeza bwino chithandizo chamankhwala komanso imfa ya okondedwa ndi kachilomboka.
Maya Rabasa, membala wa board ya Eugene, Oregon, School District 4J, adauza Wopanda kuti ophunzira asanu ndi mmodzi pa South Eugene High School anatenga miyoyo yawo pakati pa January ndi April chaka chino. Iye anati: “Ndalama zimene timapeza kusukulu n’zochepa. "Tilibe ogwira ntchito zachitukuko m'masukulu athu aliwonse ndipo Eugene ndi chipululu chamisala. Pali chithandizo chomwe mungayimbire ngati mukufuna upangiri, koma zingatenge miyezi kuti mupeze nthawi. ”
Ngakhale zili choncho, Rabasa akuti kudziphako kwadzetsa makambitsirano ambiri okhudza thanzi la maganizo, mkati ndi kunja kwa sukulu. Ayambitsanso zokambirana za momwe amagwirira ntchito kwa aphunzitsi. “M’zaka 10 kapena 15 zapitazi, ndaona kutsika kwakukulu kwa chisangalalo chimene aphunzitsi amafotokoza ponena za ntchito yawo,” iye anatero. "Timayembekezera kuti aphunzitsi azisamalira ophunzira, kuwapempha kuti aziyika masks okosijeni pa ana m'makalasi awo osavomereza kuti alibe masks okha. Izi ziyenera kusintha. ”
Poyamba, aphunzitsi amanena kuti akufunika kumvetsera, ndi kupatsidwa zina zowonjezera, kuphatikizapo zachipatala zolipiridwa ndi tchuthi cha banja, pamene akudwala. Amanenanso kuti akuyenera kulemekezedwa ngati akatswiri omwe amadziwa zomwe iwo ndi ophunzira awo amafunikira kuti azigwira bwino ntchito, kaya ndikutha kusankha okha maphunziro, kapena kukankhira nthawi yomaliza kapena ntchito yomwe wapatsidwa. Amanenanso kuti akufunika kuphunzitsidwa bwino kuti athe kuthana ndi zosowa zamaganizidwe a ophunzira awo - komanso zawo.
Nyumba ndi Thanzi la Maganizo
Izi zati, Rabasa ndi olimbikitsa ena akugogomezera kuti ngakhale akulimbana ndi magulu amisala, jenda, mafuko ndi zachuma, ophunzira opanda nyumba akhudzidwa kwambiri ndi vutoli ndipo ali ndi mwayi wopitilira kanayi kuyesa kudzipha kuposa anzawo omwe ali ndi nyumba zokhazikika.
Lipoti lolembedwa ndi SchoolHouse Connection, bungwe la ku Washington, DC limene limathandiza ana osalakwa kukhalabe pasukulu, limafotokoza mwatsatanetsatane zotsatira zake: “Kusoŵa pokhala pausinkhu uliwonse ndi chochitika chomvetsa chisoni, chochititsa ana ndi achichepere kuvulala m’maganizo, mwakuthupi, ndi m’maganizo,” lipoti likuti. "Zimayamba chifukwa cha zoopsa zomwe zimachitika ndipo nthawi zambiri zimabweretsa zoopsa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale zoopsa zomwe zimakhala ndi zotsatirapo zoyipa."
Kuphatikiza apo, lipotilo likupitiriza kuti, kudzivulaza kumakhala kofala pakati pa achinyamata opanda nyumba, omwe ambiri a iwo amakakamizika kuchoka panyumba chifukwa cha kusokonekera kwa mabanja kapena ataulula za kugonana kapena jenda kwa achibale omwe sakuwalandira.
Sonia Pitzi, wogwirizanitsa maphunziro a ana omwe akusowa pokhala m'maboma asanu ndi atatu a Pennsylvania, amagwira ntchito ngati m'modzi wa mabanja opanda pokhala ndipo amagwira ntchito ndi ana 26 osatsagana nawo omwe amaphunzira kusukulu m'derali. M'chilimwe cha 2022, adatero Zowona, asanu ndi mmodzi mwa ophunzirawa adagonekedwa m'chipatala chifukwa cha matenda oopsa amisala. “Pali nkhani zambiri,” iye anatero. “Ophunzira amene amakhala paokha—nthaŵi zina akukhala m’galimoto, m’malo osungiramo zinthu, m’malo ochitirako misasa, kapena maseŵera osambira m’mabedi—akuyesera kudziŵa chimene chinachitika ndi mmene anathera m’mikhalidwe imene akukhalamo. sanadziganizirepo okha. Ena anakanidwa ndi mabanja awo, kapena kuthamangitsidwa ndi bwenzi la kholo. Ena amakhala mowirikiza kawiri COVID isanachitike koma adachoka panthawi yotseka pomwe anthu ambiri m'malo ochepa adadzetsa mavuto. ”
Ndiye pali nkhani ya kupeza ntchito. "Ngakhale mwana akufuna kulankhula ndi mlangizi, zofuna zakhala zikuposa kupezeka ndipo nthawi zambiri amadikirira miyezi kuti apeze nthawi," adatero Pitzi. Komanso, iye ananena kuti kukhala ndi munthu wolankhula naye n’kosiyana ndi kukhala ndi malo otetezeka komanso otsika mtengo.
"Dongosololi limasweka m'njira zambiri," akupitiliza Pitzi. “N’zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri. Kale ana amafunikira chakudya, zovala kapena malo osamba kapena kuchapa zovala ndipo nthawi zonse ndinkadziwa kumene ndimawatumiza. Lero akufunika uphungu kapena nyumba yotsika mtengo ndipo chimene ndingachite ndikumvetsera.”
Zotsatira za COVID
Jordyn Roark, mkulu wa utsogoleri wa achinyamata ndi maphunziro a SchoolHouse Connection, akudzudzula mavuto a ophunzira ndi thanzi la maganizo pa mliri. "Pali nkhawa zambiri ndi kupsinjika maganizo ndipo dziko la thanzi la maganizo linali, ndipo likuthedwa nzeru," adatero. “Ndiyimbira zipatala zingapo kuti ndipeze munthu woti akumane naye ndikumva kuti sakulandira makasitomala atsopano kapena kuti munthuyo adikirira miyezi ingapo kuti akumane koyamba. Ena amathera m’chipinda chodzidzimutsa.”
"Achinyamata akhala akupulumuka kuyambira Marichi 2020 ndipo tangoyamba kumene kuwona momwe mliriwu wakhudzira thanzi lawo lamalingaliro," akuwonjezera.
Amatcha kufunikira kwa chithandizo chamankhwala amisala "kuna sikunachitikepo."
Barbara Duffield, mkulu wa bungwe la SchoolHouse Connection, ananena kuti monga lamulo, n’kofunika “kuganiza kuti aliyense akukumana ndi vuto linalake.”
Kufanana uku sikuli koyipa kwenikweni, adatero Wopanda - M'malo mwake, zachepetsa kusalidwa kozungulira matenda amisala, ndikuphwanya chophimba chachinsinsi chomwe, mpaka posachedwapa, chazungulira zokambirana zokhudzana ndi thanzi lamalingaliro.
Komabe, mosasamala kanthu za kupita patsogolo kumeneku, kupeza wochiritsa kumakhala kovuta.
"COVID isanachitike, kunali kuchepa kale kwa asing'anga ophunzitsidwa kusukulu komanso akatswiri azamisala omwe amasamalira ana ndi achinyamata," a Carol Hornbeck, wothandizira mabanja a Twin Cities. Wopanda. "Koma zonse zitatsekedwa, masukulu ena ndi mabungwe ammudzi adasiya kupereka chithandizo ndipo ena amakankhira ana pamndandanda wodikirira. Panopa pali kutsalira kodabwitsa, ndipo kudikirira kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuti muwone phungu sikwachilendo. Tikuwona kudzipha kochulukira pakati pa ana a LGBTQIA + ndipo kuchuluka kwa kudzipatula kukupitilirabe, "adatero.
Zolemetsa zambiri zomwe zikuchitikazi zimagwera aphunzitsi, Hornbeck anapitiriza. "Ali kale ndi zambiri m'mbale zawo koma amafunikira kuphunzitsidwa kuti adziwe nthawi yomwe angatumize mwana kuchipatala kapena akafunsana ndi katswiri."
"Mapulogalamu othandizira anzawo ayeneranso kukhala mbali ya sukulu ya pulayimale, yapakati ndi yasekondale," adatero. “Izi zingathandize kusintha chikhalidwe. Sikokwanira kukhala ndi malamulo oletsa kupezerera anzawo. Pulogalamu yokhala ndi thanzi labwino ndiyofunikira. ”
Monga Pitzi, Kelsey Loy, wogwirizanitsa maphunziro pa Family Promise ya Clark County, Washington, amagwira ntchito ndi mabanja opanda nyumba. Pa nthawi yotseka sukulu, Family Promise inapanga malo m'nyumba momwe ophunzira angagwire ntchito, kuwapatsa chakudya chaulere, malo opangira ndalama pazida zawo, komanso aphunzitsi odzipereka kuti awathandize kumaliza ntchito zawo.
Loy anafotokoza kuti: “Makolo ambiri anali otopa kwambiri moti sankadziwa luso lamakono limene ana awo ankagwiritsa ntchito. “Kubweretsa ana pamodzi kunawathandiza kuphunzira kuyendetsa bwino nsanja ndikupeza maluso atsopano. Anakumana ndi ana ena omwe anali opanda nyumba. Ambiri a iwo ankakhulupirira kuti anali mwana yekhayo amene alibe nyumba yachikhalire, chotero kukumana ndi ena kunathandiza kumanga mudzi ndi kuthetsa manyazi awo oti anali osauka.”
Pulogalamuyi imachitika nthawi yomaliza maphunziro pomwe kuphunzira kwa munthu payekha kwayambiranso, ndipo ikupitilizabe kukhala gwero lofunikira lachilimbikitso kwa omwe akutenga nawo mbali. Komabe, Loy akuti, mapulogalamu ngati ake sathana ndi vuto lalikulu lomwe mabanja opeza ndalama zochepa akukumana nawo kum'mwera kwa Washington State: kusowa kowopsa kwa nyumba zotsika mtengo. “Kupezeka kuli pa 4 peresenti,” anatero Loy, “kutanthauza kuti pa mabanja 100 aliwonse, muli nyumba zinayi zopezeka ndi zotsika mtengo ku Clark County.”
Noel Candelaria, mlembi-msungichuma wa bungwe la National Education Association, akuti izi zapangitsa mgwirizanowu kuti uwonjezere zokambirana zamagulu kupitilira malipiro ndi zopindulitsa kuti ziphatikizepo zofunikira zothandizira ophunzira akusukulu zaboma. Chitsanzo cha sukulu ya anthu ammudzi chimagwirizanitsa maphunziro ndi mapulogalamu omwe amayang'ana pa thanzi, thanzi labwino ndi ndale, kuonetsetsa kuti masukulu akuphatikizidwa kwambiri m'madera awo ndi ma municipalities, adatero Candelaria.
Panthawiyi, mphunzitsi wa Rhode Island Lisa Garcia akugwiritsa ntchito nsanja yake ya Mphunzitsi wa Chaka kulimbikitsa oyang'anira sukulu kuti akweze mawu a aphunzitsi ndi ogwira ntchito komanso kulimbikitsa kudzisamalira kwa aphunzitsi. "Ubwino wamaganizidwe nthawi zambiri umawonetsedwa ngati chosankha chamunthu," adatero. "Alicia atadutsa, dongosolo la sukulu silinakhazikitsidwe kuti lizisamalira. Tiyenera kuphunzitsa ophunzira, ndi kudzikumbutsa tokha ngati akuluakulu, kuti kudalirana ndi chinthu chabwino. Pamapeto pake, kuphunzira algebra, mbiri yakale kapena biology sikungakhale kothandiza kwa ophunzira pokhapokha atakhala wathanzi. Tiyenera kuika patsogolo thanzi la maganizo. Sitingathe kuchita bwino popanda izo.”
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