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Tijuana evicts pre-schoolers with two weeks warning
Backpack, notebook, pencils, pens, 500 pesos – to fill gap
"The mayor said they've done it for kids' well-being."
Parents of children who were set to attend Arcoiris pre-school and 15 similar operations have been left scrambling to make other plans after the municipal government announced the mandatory closure of the child-care centers just two weeks before the new school year started. Adding insult to injury, when the municipality carried out its evictions on the16 pre-schools, it was the parents and kids who had to empty the classrooms they once considered their second home.
"Everything you see around and what is needed to have a pre-school running was paid by parents."
This Tijuana government's unilateral decision was made despite the fact that neighbors, parents, teachers, and the surrounding community founded Arcoiris and have been in charge of its maintenance for at least the last 20 years. According to educator Nimzi Villareal, the municipal government's involvement was limited to "lending the facilities to the community. And they used to pay our electricity and running water bills, but that's it," she noted. "Everything you see around the facility, the things needed to make a pre-school run, was paid for by parents. We got a 60 pesos ($3 USD) monthly fee for daily maintenance, along with two yearly kermesses [bazaars] to raise money. Last year, we collected 80,000 pesos ($4K USD) for the building of a new roofed playground for the kids."
"At the beginning, they told us it was an infrastructure issue, but why didn't they tell us about it when we built that roofed playground?"
"Some schools are saturated and can't take in more students."
She continued, "The mayor said they've done it for kids' well-being, but actually, they've done the opposite. They told us about the closure just two weeks prior to it happening. Then we were each given a bacpack containing a notebook, a couple of pencils and pens, and a $500 pesos ($25 USD) coupon for buying uniforms." Lizbeth stressed, "We don't know exactly how many kids got relocated to other preschools, but some schools are saturated and can't take in more students."
Nimzi Villareal highlighted the fact that since the beginning of the last school year, cycle, the municipal government had in fact been working on their school facility, but for other purposes. "We know now that these facilities will be turned into a center for handicapped children funded by the federal government. We are not against that, but we feel that the government is gonna take the credit for the community, when we were the ones that built it up."
For now, mothers like Jimenez are spending way more than they used to, because now she has to pay for a new uniform, tuition, school supplies, and — because pre-schools are private — monthly fees, adding up to $10,000 pesos ($500 USD). The teachers who worked at the pre-schools are now without work.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Tijuana evicts pre-schoolers with two weeks warning
Backpack, notebook, pencils, pens, 500 pesos – to fill gap
Tijuana evicts pre-schoolers with two weeks warning
Backpack, notebook, pencils, pens, 500 pesos – to fill gap
"The mayor said they've done it for kids' well-being."
Parents of children who were set to attend Arcoiris pre-school and 15 similar operations have been left scrambling to make other plans after the municipal government announced the mandatory closure of the child-care centers just two weeks before the new school year started. Adding insult to injury, when the municipality carried out its evictions on the16 pre-schools, it was the parents and kids who had to empty the classrooms they once considered their second home.
"Everything you see around and what is needed to have a pre-school running was paid by parents."
This Tijuana government's unilateral decision was made despite the fact that neighbors, parents, teachers, and the surrounding community founded Arcoiris and have been in charge of its maintenance for at least the last 20 years. According to educator Nimzi Villareal, the municipal government's involvement was limited to "lending the facilities to the community. And they used to pay our electricity and running water bills, but that's it," she noted. "Everything you see around the facility, the things needed to make a pre-school run, was paid for by parents. We got a 60 pesos ($3 USD) monthly fee for daily maintenance, along with two yearly kermesses [bazaars] to raise money. Last year, we collected 80,000 pesos ($4K USD) for the building of a new roofed playground for the kids."
"At the beginning, they told us it was an infrastructure issue, but why didn't they tell us about it when we built that roofed playground?"
"Some schools are saturated and can't take in more students."
She continued, "The mayor said they've done it for kids' well-being, but actually, they've done the opposite. They told us about the closure just two weeks prior to it happening. Then we were each given a bacpack containing a notebook, a couple of pencils and pens, and a $500 pesos ($25 USD) coupon for buying uniforms." Lizbeth stressed, "We don't know exactly how many kids got relocated to other preschools, but some schools are saturated and can't take in more students."
Nimzi Villareal highlighted the fact that since the beginning of the last school year, cycle, the municipal government had in fact been working on their school facility, but for other purposes. "We know now that these facilities will be turned into a center for handicapped children funded by the federal government. We are not against that, but we feel that the government is gonna take the credit for the community, when we were the ones that built it up."
For now, mothers like Jimenez are spending way more than they used to, because now she has to pay for a new uniform, tuition, school supplies, and — because pre-schools are private — monthly fees, adding up to $10,000 pesos ($500 USD). The teachers who worked at the pre-schools are now without work.