Gwero: Zolemba Zantchito
โIli si pangano loyenera.โ
Anatero Purezidenti wa Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, akulengeza kuti mamembala adavota kuti avomereze dongosolo lobwerera ku nyumba za sukulu.
Aphunzitsi aku Chicago adayamba kubwerera kusukulu pa february 11 pambuyo pokambitsirana mikangano ngati angakakamizidwe kuphunzitsa pamasom'pamaso. Ngakhale chidani cha chigawo chawo chinali chapadera, zomenyera zambiri zofananira zachitetezo zikumenyedwa m'dziko lonselo.
The Mgwirizano wa CTU kumawonjezera mwayi wa katemera kwa aphunzitsi omwe akufunika kulowa m'nyumba, amachedwetsa kubwerera ku nyumba kwa ena, ndipo amakhazikitsa makomiti oteteza nyumba omwe amatsogoleredwa ndi mgwirizanowu. Imatsimikiziranso malo ogona a American with Disabilities Act (ADA) kwa aphunzitsi omwe ndi omwe amasamalira anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha Covid, ndikukhazikitsa njira zomwe zingapangitse chigawocho kutseka nyumba zasukulu ndikupitanso kutali.
Komabe, posasunga uphunzitsi wakutali, zimayika aphunzitsi ndi anthu ammudzi pachiwopsezo chotenga kachilomboka.
Sharkey amalankhula kwa aphunzitsi m'dziko lonselo pamene akunena kuti kulimbana kuti ateteze thanzi ndi chitetezo cha aphunzitsi ndi madera awo sikuyenera kukhala kovuta chonchi, sikuyenera kukhala nkhani yokambirana. Ndipo mgwirizanowo sufika patali.
Ngakhale ziwerengero za Covid ku Chicago komanso kudera lonselo zikutsika, a mlingo wa tsiku ndi tsiku mu Januwale inali yokwera kwambiri ngati mitengo yokwera kwambiri masika apitawa. Zatsopano, zosinthika kwambiri ndi akuyembekezeka kulamulira US mkati mwa Marichi, pamene ophunzira ndi aphunzitsi ambiri adzabwerera kusukulu.
Ndiye chifukwa chiyani aphunzitsi aku Chicago adavomereza mgwirizanowu? Pambuyo pa miyezi ya nkhondo yosalekeza, iwo atopa. โNโkovuta kumvetsa kupwetekedwa mtima kwa nkhondo imeneyi,โ anatero Kirsten Roberts, mphunzitsi wa pulayimale. Ena ankaona kuti apanga mphamvu zambiri momwe angathere, ndipo analibe mphamvu zokwanira zopambana zomwe zikanatha kukhala nthawi yayitali.
WATOPA
Nkhondo ku Chicago yakhala yoopsa kwambiri, koma kuyambira Januware, kutentha kukuyendetsedwa m'dziko lonselo monga maboma, ndale, komanso nkhani zambiri zofalitsa nkhani zimafuna kuti aphunzitsi abwerere ku nyumba za sukulu.
Ku Philadelphia, chigawochi chinalengeza pa January 27 kuti funde loyamba la aphunzitsi lidzabwerera February 8. Ku San Francisco mzindawu ukutsutsa chigawo cha sukulu kuti akakamize aphunzitsi kubwerera ku nyumba.
Ku Montclair, New Jersey, chigawochi chidasumira mgwirizanowu chifukwa chothandizira aphunzitsi 30 omwe, mothandizidwa ndi mgwirizano ndi mgwirizano, adakana kulowa mnyumba zawo kuyambira Okutobala.
Ku North Carolina, mizinda ngati Durham, komwe bungwe lasukulu lidavota miyezi yapitayo kuti apitirize kuphunzira patali chaka chonse chasukulu, akukumana ndi malamulo aboma omwe angathetse zisankho zakumaloko ndikuti nyumba zasukulu zitsegulidwenso.
Chimodzimodzinso ku Los Angeles, komwe mgwirizanowu udapambana masukulu akutali mwachangu m'chilimwe, kukakamizidwa kukukulirakulira kuchokera ku khonsolo yamzindawu ndi kazembe kuti nyumba zitsegulidwenso, ngakhale kachilomboka kakufalikira m'boma.
"Anthu ambiri m'dziko lonselo atopa kwambiri" chifukwa cha kukakamizidwa kosalekeza, adatero Carlos Perez, mphunzitsi wa sekondale ku Durham.
ANAKANA KULOWA
Ku Chicago, mphunzitsi wapadera, Ana Bolotin anati, "utsogoleri unalimbana kwambiri ndi meya wankhanza ndi wosayenerera komanso gulu la maphunziro lankhanza ndi losachita bwino, losasankhidwa." Koma, adati, "mphamvu zochokera kwa utsogoleri zidachoka pakutha kupanga mphamvu."
Adapambana zomwe akanatha pakukambirana, koma Bolotin adawona kuti pali zambiri zoti apambane m'misewu. Ndipo akukhulupirira kuti mamembala adawonetsa kuti anali okonzeka - pomwe ena anakana kulowa mnyumba, kuphunzitsa panja pozizira mโmalo mwake, ndipo pamene mamembala onse anavota koyamba kuti akanthe ngati aphunzitsiwo anatsekeredwa kunja.
Kirsten Roberts, mphunzitsi wa ku Chicago yemwe adavota motsutsana ndi mgwirizanowu, adawona kuti aphunzitsi ayenera kutsatira njira yomwe adavotera: kukana anthu ambiri kulowa m'nyumba, ndikupitiriza kugwira ntchito kutali. M'kuwunika kwake, kuchita izi kukadakakamiza meya kuti awatsekere onse kumaphunziro akutali - monga adachitira kale kulanga ochepa omenyera ufulu wawo - kapena kuvomereza kuti apitirize kuphunzira m'chigawo chonse.
"Panali atsogoleri amphamvu ndi anthu abwino kumbali zonse ziwiri [za voti]," adatero Roberts. "Inali vuto lamphamvu." Potsekera aphunzitsi kunja, akukhulupirira kuti meya akanataya chithandizo chilichonse chamudzi. Aphunzitsi anali okonzeka kuphunzitsa kutali; meya akanakhala amene amamana ophunzira mwayi wophunzira.
TRICKY SOLIDARITY
Mabungwe a aphunzitsi ku Chicago ndi kwina akhala akuvutika kuti apange ndikuwunika mphamvu mkati mwa mliriwu.
Kupatula zovuta zoyesa kukonza kuseri kwa masks ndi Zoom, mliri wakhudza aliyense mosiyana. Dennis Kosuth, namwino m'masukulu aboma ku Chicago, adati zidatenga zokambirana zambiri pakati pa mamembala kuti adziwe momwe angachitire limodzi - anthu ena amaopa kwambiri kutenga kachilomboka, pomwe ena amawopa kuthamangitsidwa.
M'malo omwe aphunzitsi adatha kuyankhulana ndi zoopsazi, adagwiritsa ntchito mwachindunji kukakamiza zigawo kuti zichepetse zinthu ndipo, ku Chicago, kuti abwere patebulo.
Maboma ambiri akulengeza ndondomeko zotsegulanso sukulu zomwe zimagawanitsanso mamembala. Kaลตirikaลตiri kagulu kakangโono ka aphunzitsi a ophunzira osoลตa zapadera amafunikira kubwerera kaye. Kenako, mโkupita kwa nthaลตi, pamabwera aphunzitsi a ana asukulu a pulaimale, a pulaimale achikulire, apakati, ndi a kusekondale.
Izi zakhala ndi zokambirana zovuta komanso kumanga mgwirizano.
WOCHITA NTCHITO POYAMBA
Ku Montclair, ophunzitsa 30 a ophunzira omwe ali ndi zosowa zapadera adauzidwa kuti abwerere m'nyumbazi mu Okutobala. Popanda kukonzekera, palibe mwayi wopeza zida zodzitchinjiriza, komanso popanda dongosolo lomveka bwino, adakana kulowa.
โTidakambirana za nkhaniyi, tinalinganiza, ndipo onse anagwirizana kuti asalowenso mโnyumbayo. Achita izi kuyambira pa Okutobala 15, "atero Purezidenti wa Montclair Education Association a Petal Robertson.
Chakumapeto kwa Januware, pomwe woyang'anira adawonetsa kuti ndibwino kubwerera ku nyumbazi, bungweli lidati silinali lotetezeka ndipo lidalimbikira kuyimira pakati. Mgwirizanowu utangoyamba, mzindawu udalengeza kuti ukusumira bungweli kuti likakamize aphunzitsi kuti abwerere.
Khotilo linakana pempho la mzindawu la chiletso; mlandu pa sutiyo wakhazikitsidwa pa Marichi 9. Aphunzitsi onse anapitirizabe kugwira ntchito kutali, kupatulapo gulu la anthu osunga mafupa omwe amapita kukakonza nyumbazo.
"Gulu lija la anthu 30," adatero Robertson, "ndikofunikira kudziwa, sakupanga ma reps. Iwo sali mu komiti yanga ya mgwirizano. Iwo ndi gulu lachete la mayanjano omwe sanachitepo izi m'mbuyomu. Zinasintha mayanjano anga onse.โ
AMEMBO AKUSANTHA AMEMBO
Sukulu ku Philadelphia zakhala kutali kuyambira masika apitawa. Koma pa Januware 27, mzindawu udalengeza kuti uyambanso kutseguliranso nyumba, kuyambira ndi aphunzitsi a kalasi ya PreK-second pa February 8, ndi ophunzira awo patatha milungu iwiri. Liza Dolmetsch, mphunzitsi wa zaluso pasukulu yokhayo ya K-2 mumzindawu, adati komiti yake yomanga idakumana nthawi yomweyo kuti ikambirane zomwe ndondomekoyi ikutanthauza komanso momwe angayankhire.
Iye anati: โZinali zoonekeratu kuti sitinkaona kuti nโkotetezeka, ndipo tinkafunika kukambirana kuti tisalowemo.
Mumzinda wonse, mothandizidwa ndi akuluakulu a bungwe la Working Educators, kumanga misonkhano kunabweretsa mamembala pamodzi kuti akambirane zomwe angachite poyang'anizana ndi chilengezo cha chigawo.
Kaitlin McCann, mphunzitsi wa sitandade 8 pasukulu ya K-XNUMX, analankhula za msonkhano mโnyumba yake. Iye anati: โZinandikhudza mtima kwambiri. โAnthu akuchita mantha. Akhala miyezi yambiri ali otetezeka kwambiri, osawona banja, osawona zidzukulu, ndipo tsopano amayenera kuika pachiwopsezo chilichonse. Zinathandiza kwambiri kuti anthu azimva nkhani za anzawo.โ
Komabe, iye anati, โkunali mkangano waukulu.โ Sizinali zophweka kupeza aphunzitsi agiredi lachitatu mpaka lachisanu ndi chitatu kuchirikiza kukana kubwerera. โKoma chinthu chimodzi chimene chinathandiza chinali kunena kuti, โIno ndi mphindi yosonyeza mphamvu zathuโโโmosasamala kanthu za kumene munaima potsegulanso.
Kukonzekera kokhazikitsidwa ndi nyumbayi kunalimbikitsidwa pamene Pulezidenti wa Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Jerry Jordan, adalengeza kuti aphunzitsi sayenera kulowa m'nyumba pa February 8. M'malo mwake, aphunzitsi adawonetsa zizindikiro, donuts, ndi zotentha m'manja. Iwo ankaimba nyimbo, kulankhula komanso kusangalala ndi anthu amene ankaimba nkhonya pamene ankadutsa.
Kusukulu ya Dolmetsch, aphunzitsi onse 53 anakana kulowa mโnyumbayi. Iye anati: โZinali zosintha. Popeza kuti nyumba yokhayo imene aliyense anali mโmafunde oyamba ankafunika kulowamo, iwo ankaona kuti โtiyenera kukhala mawu ofuula kwambiri.โ
Boma lidabwelera kumbuyo dongosololi, pakadali pano, ndipo labweretsa mkhalapakati.
NDONDOMEZO MKATI
Zochita zachindunji ngati izi zachedwetsa kutsegulidwanso, koma sitikudziwabe kuti mabungwe adzafunika mphamvu zingati kuti ateteze mamembala nthawi yonse ya mliriwu komanso ngati atha kupeza mphamvuzo.
Ku DC, komwe bungweli lidayika mavoti ovota kwa mamembala panthawi yotseguliranso, mamembala adavotera.
Kubwerera ku Chicago, aphunzitsi ena adayamba kubwerera ku nyumbazi pa February 11. Makomiti a chitetezo adzakhala kutsogolo kwa nkhondo kuti akwaniritse mgwirizano, ndipo izi zidzafuna kuchitapo kanthu pamlingo wa zomangamanga. Kutsata zitsimikizo za malo ogona a ADA ndi mwayi wopeza katemera kudzakhala tcheru.
Chimodzi mwazovuta zakukonzekera panthawi ya mliri ndi momwe mgwirizano ungakhalire wovuta komanso wolongosoka. Zonsezo ndi malo abwino oti oyang'anira asokonezeke - ndipo, a Roberts akuwonetsa, zovuta zaukadaulo zidachotsa nkhondoyi kuzinthu zina zomwe mgwirizano ukanatha kuchita: maphunziro abwino ndi chisamaliro cha ana kwa onse.
"Kulowera mpweya wabwino, kuchezerana, mapazi asanu ndi limodzi, mapazi atatu, zonsezi," adatero. "Tidayesetsa koma tinalibe malo oti tipange mgwirizano wolimba pakusamalira ana, ndalama, ndikukonzanso masukulu."
KUTHANDIZA KWAMBIRI
Kukakamizika kuti atsegulenso nyumba zasukulu pano, m'malo modikirira mpaka aphunzitsi onse alandire katemera, ndi chitsanzo cha kusalabadira kwa miyoyo ya aphunzitsi komwe oyang'anira maboma ndi ndale awonetsa panthawi yonseyi.
Koma mphunzitsi wa Durham Perez wawona "kusintha kwakukulu" kuyambira pomwe Biden adatenga udindo. "Tsopano pali chithandizo chamagulu awiri obwerera m'nyumba," adatero. "Ngakhale [Purezidenti wa American Federation of Teachers] Randi Weingarten akupereka mawu akuti tiyenera kuchita izi." Weingarten ndi mnzake wapamtima wa kayendetsedwe ka Biden.
"Ndikuyesera kufotokoza momwe mikangano idasinthira Biden atasankhidwa," atero a Roberts ku Chicago. "Mwadzidzidzi panali vuto lalikulu lofuna kubwerera kuntchito."
Ndi mgwirizano wa Chicago kukhala anatengedwa monga chitsanzo mโdzikolo, mabungwe ena angaone kuti akukakamizika kuvomereza mfundo zomwezo.
Mliriwu sunathe. Kwa Perez, phunziro la zovuta zomwe zakhala zikuchitika pakadali pano ndikuti "tiyenera kupanga mipata yambiri kuti mamembala azikambirana ndi kukambirana wina ndi mnzake.
"Tiyenera kusiya kuphunzitsa mamembala kuti aziyang'ana" kwa andale, adatero, "m'malo mwake tiphunzire kuyang'anana."
Kuwongolera: Nkhaniyi yasinthidwa kuti iwonetse kuti ophunzira aku Philadelphia amayenera kubwerera February 22, osati February 15.
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