Ngo-2002, uMaxine Wright, owayeneminyaka eyi-9 ngoko, wasasaza uxwebhu lwezikhalazo kwiklasi yakhe yebanga lesine kwisikolo saseThatcher Montessori eMilton, eMassachusetts. Wayebhale ileta eya kuSenator uTed Kennedy egxeka imfazwe e-Iraq, kwaye wayefuna abafundi bakhe ukuba bamjoyine. Abaninzi benjenjalo. Ngenye imini, wacela uyise, uDaryl Wright, uMlawuli woLawulo loLwazi kwi-YouthBuild USA, ukuba asayine uxwebhu lwezikhalazo. Emangaliswe ngumsebenzi wakhe wokuzimela geqe, wenjenjalo. Le leta yenye yezinto ezininzi ezikhukulise iofisi kaSenator Kennedy. Umsindo wakhe emfazweni wavela ngokuyinxenye koku kuphalala kweemvakalelo.
NgoMgqibelo ngo-2002, uMaxine noyise baya ebhankini. Ngaphandle kweqela lamatshantliziyo lalibeke itafile yeDorchester People for Peace. โKulunge ngokwenene oko,โ watsho. Baye bawela, batyikitya kwaye bahamba kunye ukuya kumngcelele kaFebruwari 2003 ngokuchasene nemfazwe kwisiXeko saseNew York.
Imfazwe yaqalisa, yaye uMaxine waziva edimazekile. Waphethulela ingqalelo yakhe kwenye indawo.
UDaryl wazingisa. I-Dorchester People for Peace (i-DPFP) iqhubekile nokufikelela kuluntu lwabo, ukubuyisela amajoni kungekudala e-Iraq okanye amanye amalungu entsapho yamajoni afileyo (uFernando Suarez del Solar) ukuba athethe ngeziganeko ezisemhlabeni kunye nasezintliziyweni zabo. Basebenzele unyulo lukaFelix Arroyo, ongenguye kuphela uceba wokuqala wedolophu yaseLatino eBoston, kodwa wabizwa ngokuba ngomnye wabo โMabhunga oXoloโ.
NgoJanuwari 2003, iveki emva kokuthatha isikhundla, u-Arroyo wajoyina ukuzila uxolo. Wathi: โSele ndijamelene neenyaniso eziqatha zokucuthwa kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olungenakuthintelwa, andinakukwazi ukuxhasa ukusetyenziswa kwezinto ezixabisekileyo zoluntu nezemali ukuya emkhosini. Njengegosa elonyuliweyo, umzali, kunye netshantliziyo lasekuhlaleni, ndingathanda ukuboleka ilizwi lam kumbutho ochasene nemfazwe.โ
I-DPFP ibambe ikhefu losuku lonke ukuhlola intshukumo. Kwindibano inkosikazi eyayisebenzela inkqubo yesikolo sikarhulumente saseBoston yaxelela amaqabane ayo ukuba inkqubo yesikolo inyanzeliswe ngurhulumente ukuba ingenise amagama kunye neenkcukacha zoqhagamshelwano zabafundi kubaqeshwa basemkhosini. Oku kwabacaphukisa abo babekho kuloo ndibano, yaye bavakalelwa kukuba kufuneka benze okuthile ngako.
U-Becky Pierce we-DPFP uphande imibuzo yobumfihlo kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wesikolo ekuqeshweni emkhosini. Yena, njengabanye kulo lonke ilizwe ababandakanyekayo kwi-counter-recruitment, bafumanisa ukuba isohlwayo sangoku salokhu kuphulwa kobumfihlo ngu-George Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, epasiswe kwi-2001 (kunye noMthetho wokuGunyanyiswa koKhuseleko lweSizwe lwe-2002). ICandelo 9528 lomthetho othi No Child Left Behind linyanzelisa ukuba amaziko emfundo โabonelele, ngokwesicelo esenziwe ngabaqeshwa emkhosini okanye liziko lemfundo ephakamileyo, ukufikelela kumagama, iidilesi noluhlu lwemfonomfono lwabafundi besikolo samabanga aphakamileyo.โ
Wakuba upasisiwe lo Mthetho, ngentsebenziswano esondeleyo kaSenator uTed Kennedy, uninzi lwabafundisi-ntsapho baluthatha lula ulawulo olungqwabalala lweemvavanyo ezisemgangathweni kunye nempatho yokohlwaya yootitshala. Akukho mntu unike ingqwalasela enkulu kwiCandelo 9528. Nanjengoko uBush watyikitya umthetho oyilwayo ngoJanuwari 2002, wawuqulunqwe phambi komhla we-9/11, phambi kokuba imfazwe yobugrogrisi ithumele umkhosi wase-US ukusuka eBasilan Island (kwiiPhilippines) ukuya eAfghanistan ukuya eIraq. ukuya eColombia. Njengoko i-euphemisms efana "nokuyeka-ilahleko" izama ukubambisa umkhosi obhalisiweyo kukhenketho olude lomsebenzi, kwaye njengoko i-Pentagon ibiza kuzo zonke iindawo ezigciniweyo, kukho imfuneko yokuzisa abantu abaninzi ukuba bathathe izixhobo.
Abafuduki baye baba yintsimi echumileyo kubaqeshwa, abenza zonke iintlobo zezithembiso ezingaqhelekanga zokufumana amakhadi asayinwe, kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, iklasi edibeneyo inika enye intsimi yomsebenzi wabo. "Idrafti yentlupheko" ibandakanyeka ekutsaleni abantu abatsha abaninzi ngakumbi ukuba bathwale iindleko zomgaqo-nkqubo wenzondelelo.
I-DPFP yabona ukuba i-No Child Left Behind imimiselo iphule amalungelo oluntu abantwana kwimfundo, kuba idibanise umkhosi ezikolweni kwaye yavumela eli ziko elikhulu lezithembiso ezingenakwenzeka ukuba zingene kumakhaya abantu abasengozini. ISibhengezo Samalungelo Oluntu sowe-1948 sivakalisa ukuba imfundo ifanele โiphuhlise ngokupheleleyo ubuntu bomntu,โ yaye ifanele โikhuthaze ukuqondana, ukunyamezelana nobuhlobo phakathi kwazo zonke iintlanga, uhlanga okanye amaqela onqulo yaye iya kuqhubela phambili imisebenzi yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ngenjongo yokunceda abantu baphile ngonaphakade. ukugcinwa koxoloโ (inqaku lama-26).
Olu lwimi luyafana nolo lweNgqungquthela Yamalungelo Omntwana yowe-1989, apho sifunda ukuba imfundo imele ilungiselele umntwana โukuphila ubomi obunembopheleleko kwibutho labantu elikhululekileyo, ngomoya wokuqonda, woxolo, wokunyamezelana, wokulingana ngokwesini, nokulingana ngokwesini nangokwahlukileyo koko. ubuhlobo phakathi kwabantu bonke, uhlanga, isizwe namaqela enkolo nabantu bemveliโ (inqaku 29). Ngowama-2000, iNgqungquthela yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yapasisa umthetho ophathelele kubantwana abasemfazweni owawugxeka ngokuphandle ilinge lamazwe lokugaya abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka eli-18 ubudala, eneneni yade yacela ukuba eli xesha linyuswe ukuze kuthintelwe ukugqwethwa kweminyaka yokufunda.
Imfuno yePentagon yamajoni iyayigqitha le milinganiselo yamkelwe ngokusesikweni ngurhulumente wase-US-ilizwe ngoku lithembisa ukuxhasa ngezimali imfundo ephakamileyo ukuba ungcakaza ubomi bakho kumabala edabi. Kubaqeshwa emkhosini, imfazwe ayiqalisi kwindawo yedabi. Njengoko i-Marine Corps Master uSergeant uJohn Bailey uxelele iCongress, "Imfazwe yethu iqala esikolweni."
U-Becky Pierce weDPFP wafunda ngeqela laseVermont, kunye nelinye eJamaica Plain (Boston), elichonge ikroba kumthetho. Isiqendu 9528 (a) (2) sithi โumfundi wesikolo sesibini okanye umzali womfundi usenokucelaโ ukuba iinkcukacha zoqhagamshelwano zabucala zomfundi โzingakhutshwa ngaphandle kwemvume ebhaliweyo yangaphambili yabazali.โ
Iphulo liphuhliswe koku, kuba ngoku iDPFP kunye namanye amaqela sele eqalisile ukufikelela kubafundi nabazali ukubaxelela ngomthetho, nokubacela ukuba bathumele iposikhadi elayo imvume yokudlulisela olu lwazi emkhosini. I-DPFP namanye amaqela ebebetha iinkomfa zolutsha nakwezinye iindawo apho ulutsha nabazali luhlanganisene khona.
Umfundi omnye, kwiBoston Arts Academy kunye neFenway High School, omabini amaziko amancinci okulinga, axhoma iipowusta kwaye asasaza iiflaya ezingokugaywa emkhosini kwaye Akukho Mntwana ushiyekileyo ngasemva. Abafundi bagcwala iofisi yomgaqo ukuze baphume kuluhlu.
Ngasekupheleni kowama-2002, iAmerican Association of School Administratorsโ umcebisi oyintloko weAmerican Association of School Administratorsโ uBruce Hunter waxelela iphephancwadi iMother Jones oku, โSivakalelwa kukuba [icandelo 9528] linxamnye ngokucacileyo nemithetho ekhoyo ngoku yabafundi yabucala.โ Abameli babucala kunye nabanye bacatshukiswa kukunyhashwa komthetho. Bangamahlakani abalulekileyo, kodwa babonakala bengakwazi ukwenza nantoni na.
Uninzi lwezikolo kufuneka zive kubazali nakubafundi nge-30 kaSeptemba, okanye kuya kufuneka bangenise amagama abo emkhosini. Umsebenzi wethu umiselwe thina. I-DPFP inekhadi leposi abaza kulithumela nabani na olifunayo (i-imeyile: [imeyile ikhuselwe]). Ngethemba ukuba izithili zezikolo kwilizwe lonke ziya kwala ukuvumela abantwana bethu ukuba babe kukutya kwePentagon kunye neenkanuko zolawulo lukaBush. Kodwa abasayi kushukuma ngaphandle kokuba sibahambise.