Ngentsasa yangoMvulo, abafundi abamalunga nesigidi sesiXeko saseNew York babuyela kumagumbi abo okufundela—kodwa kusuku lokuqala lwesikolo, iwebhusayithi yeSebe Lezemfundo yeSixeko saseNew York yabhanga.
Ukuhlolwa kwiwebhusayithi kufuna ukuba ootitshala nabafundi bagqibe yonke imihla ngaphambi kokuba bangene kwisakhiwo, kwaye banqabe ukulayisha okanye ukukhasa ngaphambi kokuba intsimbi yokuqala ikhale. Yachacha phambi kwentsimbi yesi-9 kusasa
“Isixhobo sokuhlola impilo seSebe lezaMandla laseMelika sibuyile kwi-Intanethi. Siyaxolisa ngexesha elifutshane lokuphumla ngale ntsasa. Ukuba ufumana iingxaki zokufikelela kwisixhobo se-intanethi, nceda usebenzise ifom yephepha okanye wazise ngomlomo abasebenzi besikolo,” New York City Public Isikolo satsho kuTwitter.
USodolophu uBill de Blasio uyisombulule le ngxaki, exelela iintatheli, "Ngosuku lokuqala lwesikolo, sinabantwana abasisigidi, oku kuya kuzilayisha kakhulu izinto."
Kwi-PS 51 e-Hell's Kitchen, xa abantwana befolile ukungena, abasebenzi babecela abazali ukuba bagcwalise ikopi yephepha yokuhlolwa kwempilo.
Kubafundi abaninzi, ngoMvulo kukuqala kwabo ukubuyela kwigumbi lokufundela kwiinyanga ezili-18 ukusukela oko ubhubhani we-COVID-19 uvale eyona nkqubo yesikolo inkulu ngoMatshi ka-2020.
“Sifuna abantwana bethu babuyele esikolweni, kwaye sifuna abantwana bethu babuyele esikolweni. Le yeyona nto iphambili,” utshilo usodolophu ngaphandle kwesikolo.
Wongeze wathi: "Sifuna abazali baqonde ukuba xa ungena kwisakhiwo sesikolo, yonke into icociwe, ingena umoya, wonke umntu unxibe imask, kwaye bonke abantu abadala baya kugonywa." “Le yindawo ekhuselekileyo. ”
Inqununu yesi sikolo, uMessa Porter, uvumile ukuba kusekho abafundi abashiyeke emakhaya kuba abazali babo bexhalabile ngenxa yesi sifo sigqugqisayo, siphinde sabuya naso kwilizwe lonke ngenxa yokuguquka kweDelta.
Ngokweenkcukacha ezikhutshwe liSebe lezaMandla lase-US ngoMvulo ngokuhlwa, izinga lokuqala lokuhamba isikolo ngosuku lokuqala lwesikolo li-82.4%, elingaphezulu kwe-80.3% yalo nyaka uphelileyo xa abafundi bejongene ubuso nobuso kwaye bekude.
NgokweSebe lezaMandla lase-US, ukusukela ngoMvulo wasemva kwexesha, malunga nezikolo ezingama-350 bezingakhange zixele ukuya. Amanani okugqibela kulindeleke ukuba abhengezwe ngoLwesibini okanye ngoLwesithathu.
Isixeko sixele ukuba abantwana abangama-33 bavavanywe ukuba banayo i-coronavirus ngoMvulo, kwaye amagumbi okufundela angama-80 avaliwe. La manani abandakanya izikolo ezihlawulwayo.
Idatha yobhaliso esemthethweni yonyaka wesikolo ka-2021-22 ayikaqokelelwa, kwaye u-Bai Sihao uthe kuya kuthatha iintsuku ezimbalwa ukuyiqonda.
“Siyakuqonda ukuthandabuza kunye noloyiko. Ezi nyanga zili-18 bezinzima ngenene, kodwa sonke siyavuma ukuba eyona mfundo ingcono yenzeke xa ootitshala nabafundi bekunye kwigumbi lokufundela,” utshilo.
“Sinesitofu sokugonya. Besingenalo isitofu kunyaka ophelileyo, kodwa siceba ukonyusa uvavanyo xa kuyimfuneko.”
U-De Blasio kudala ekhuthaza ukubuyela kwigumbi lokufundela kangangeenyanga, kodwa ukusasazeka kweyantlukwano yeDelta kubangele uthotho lweengxaki ngaphambi kokuvulwa kwakhona, kubandakanya inkxalabo malunga nogonyo, ukuhamba kude ekuhlaleni, kunye nokungabikho kokufunda umgama.
UAngie Bastin wathumela unyana wakhe oneminyaka eli-12 kwisikolo i-Erasmus eBrooklyn ngoMvulo. Uxelele iWashington Post ukuba unexhala malunga ne-COVID.
“Intsholongwane entsha yesithsaba iyabuya kwaye asazi ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni. Ndikhathazeke kakhulu,” utshilo.
“Ndinexhala kuba asazi ukuba kuzakwenzeka ntoni. Ngabantwana. Abayi kuthobela yonke imithetho. Kufuneka batye kwaye abakwazi ukuthetha ngaphandle kwesigqubuthelo. Andiqondi ukuba baya kuyithobela imithetho abasoloko bebaxelela yona. Kuba basengabantwana.”
Kwangelo xesha, u-Dee Siddons-intombi yakhe ikwibanga lesibhozo esikolweni-uthe nangona enexhala le-COVID, wonwabile ukuba abantwana bakhe babuyele kwigumbi lokufundela.
“Ndiyavuya xa bebuyela esikolweni. Oku kungcono kwimpilo yabo yentlalo nengqondo kunye nezakhono zabo zentlalo, kwaye andingomfundisi-ntsapho, ngoko ke andinguye ogqwesileyo ekhaya, kodwa iyandothusa kancinane,” utshilo.
“Ndinexhala lokuba bathabatha amanyathelo okhuseleko, kodwa kufuneka ubafundise eyona ndlela ifanelekileyo yokuzinyamekela, kuba andinakukwazi ukunyamekela abantwana babanye abantu.”
Akukho mfuneko isisinyanzelo yokugonywa kwabafundi abangaphezulu kweminyaka eli-12 abakulungeleyo ukugonywa. Ngokutsho kwesi sixeko, malunga nesibini kwisithathu sabafundi abaneminyaka eyi-12 ukuya kwi-17 ubudala baye bagonywa.
Kodwa ootitshala kufuneka bagonywe-sele befumene idosi yokuqala yesitofu sokugonya phambi komhla wama-27 kuSeptemba.
Izibakala ziye zangqina ukuba lo myalelo ulucelomngeni. Ukusukela kule veki iphelileyo, kusekho abasebenzi abangama-36,000 boMphathiswa wezeMfundo (kubandakanywa nootitshala abangaphezu kwe-15,000) abangagonywanga.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, xa umlamli wawisa isigwebo sokuba isixeko kufuneka sibonelele ngendawo yokuhlala kubasebenzi be-DOE abaneemeko zonyango okanye iinkolelo zonqulo ezingakwaziyo ukugonyelwa i-COVID-19, i-United Teachers' Federation ibikade isilwa neminye yemisebenzi kwaye yaphumelela. Uloyiso lwesixeko.
Umongameli we-UFT uMichael Muglu ubulise ootitshala kwi-PS 51 e-Hell's Kitchen ngoMvulo. Ubancome abasebenzi ababuyayo ngeenzame zabo zokuncedisa ekuvuleni inkqubo yezikolo.
UMulgrew uthe unethemba lokuba isigwebo seveki ephelileyo malunga nekamva lootishala abangagonywanga sizakukhokelela ekwandeni kwenani lezitofu-kodwa uvumile ukuba isixeko singaphulukana namawakawaka abafundisi-ntsapho.
“Lo ngumceli mngeni wokwenyani,” utshilo uMulgrew ngokuzama ukunciphisa uxinzelelo olunxulumene nogonyo.
Ngokungafaniyo nonyaka ophelileyo, amagosa esiXeko saseNew York athi awazukukhetha ukufunda umgama opheleleyo kulo nyaka wesikolo.
Isixeko sigcine izikolo zivuliwe kuninzi lonyaka wesikolo odlulileyo, abanye abafundi befunda ubuso ngobuso nokufunda umgama ngaxeshanye. Uninzi lwabazali lukhetha ukufunda umgama opheleleyo.
Abafundi abavalelwe bodwa okanye abakhululwe ngokwezonyango ngenxa yezigulo ezinxulumene ne-COVID baya kuvunyelwa ukuba bafundele bekude. Ukuba kukho iimeko ezintle ze-COVID eklasini, abo bagonyiweyo kunye ne-asymptomatic akusayi kufuneka babekwe bodwa.
Umama wabantwana abane uStephanie Cruz wawangawangisa abantwana bakhe waya kwiPS 25 eBronx kwaye waxelela iPosi ukuba angathanda ukubavumela bahlale ekhaya.
“Ndinoloyiko oluncinci kwaye ndiyoyika kuba ubhubhane usenzeka kwaye abantwana bam baya esikolweni,” utshilo uCruz.
“Ndinexhala ngabantwana bam abanxiba imaski emini kwaye bazigcine bekhuselekile. Ndiyathandabuza ukubandulula.
“Xa abantwana bam bebuyela ekhaya bekhuselekile, ndiza kuba nemincili, kwaye andikwazi kulinda ukuva kubo kusuku lokuqala.”
Isivumelwano esiphunyezwe sisixeko ukuze kuvulwe kwakhona kubandakanya ukunxitywa okunyanzelekileyo kweemaski zabafundi kunye nefakhalthi, ukugcina umgama oziinyawo ezi-3 eluntwini, kunye nokuphucula inkqubo yokungena komoya.
Umbutho weenqununu zesixeko-ikomiti yeesuphavayiza nabalawuli bezikolo-ulumkise ngelithi izakhiwo ezininzi ziyakuswela indawo yokunyanzelisa lo mthetho weenyawo ezintathu.
Intombi ka-Jamillah ka-Alexander ifunda kwisikolo sabantwana abancinci kwi-PS 316 yeSikolo sikaEliya eCrown Heights, eBrooklyn, kwaye yathi ixhalabile malunga nomxholo wesivumelwano esitsha se-COVID.
“Ngaphandle kokuba kukho amatyala amabini ukuya kwamane, awanakuvala. Yayikade inye. Ibinendawo eziimitha ezi-6, kwaye ngoku ziziimitha ezintathu,” utshilo.
“Ndamxelela ukuba asoloko enxibe imaski. Unganxulumana, kodwa ungasondeli kakhulu nakubani na,” utshilo uCassandria Burrell kwintombi yakhe eneminyaka esi-8 ubudala.
Abazali abaliqela abathumela abantwana babo kwiPS 118 eBrooklyn Park Slopes bakhathazwa yinto yokuba isikolo sifuna abafundi beze nezinto zabo, kuquka izinto zokusula iintsholongwane nephepha lokushicilela.
“Ndicinga ukuba siyaluxhasa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali. Balahlekelwe ngabafundi abaninzi kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngoko ke bonzakele ngokwezimali, kwaye nemigangatho iphezulu kakhulu kwaba bazali.”
Xa uWhitney Radia ethumela intombi yakhe eneminyaka eli-9 ubudala esikolweni, waqaphela neendleko eziphezulu zokubonelela ngezixhobo zesikolo.
“Ubuncinane iidola ezili-100 kumntwana ngamnye, ngokunyanisekileyo ngakumbi. Izinto eziqhelekileyo ezifana neencwadi, iifolda neepeni zokubhala, izinto zosula abantwana, iitawuli zephepha, iitawuli zephepha, isikere sakho, iipeni zokuphawula, iiseti zeepensile ezinemibala, amaphepha okushicilela .
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-14-2021