Detroit public schools are drowning in a whopping 515 million dollar debt, and the options to survive are dwindling. Sadly, this is happening at the expense of the roughly 52,000 students struggling to strive at the district. These students are walking into school with an unsteadiness about them because of the irrational circumstance circulating the schools. With rats running, floors fumbling, and ceilings cracking, the students are in fear that their school may not survive the day. The teachers are striking because of the unreasonable conditions, but what are their options to bring attention to this emotional issue? Taking into consideration the 52,000 students attending school in Detroit, these students have to go to school. It is impossible
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The sick-out occurring in Detroit is harming the students, in the eyes of Governor Rick Snyder, but this is one option to show society the harsh reality of the DPS school system. The “sick-out” supporters believe that the government is to blame for this tragedy of a school system. But others, including Governor Snyder, blame the school administration and management processes and staff, and people who disagree with both of these opposites are pushing to disregard the “blame game” and fix the issue. Detroit public schools have lost an immense portion of their enrollment in the recent years, and this has negatively impacted their financial standings, which is related to the way the school operates. The school budget was decreased multiple times, and this has had a large impact on the said issue because the school officials tried to push through the financially difficult time, but the difficult time never ceased, and they soon found themselves in a large amount of debt they were …show more content…
These schools have had no other option other than to close for the day because a large portion the DPS teachers and staff are calling in sick, ultimately the teachers’ goal for starting this “sick-out” is to expose the harsh and dangerous conditions circulating Detroit’s public school system. Standing in the cold weather, shouting about their school, speaking to news reporters on the streets of Detroit, the teachers are working to express their concerns regarding their school’s conditions. The teachers are telling CNN, “Detroit deserves better”(Botelho, Brumfield, &Shortell, 2016). The toilets do not function, the children can not participate in gymnasium activities because the floor is buckling, and teachers are going to work not knowing if they will receive compensation. In these circumstances, teachers and students do deserve so much better. But, according to governor Snyder, the participants in the sick-out are failing their students. In an interview with Scott Pelley from CBS, governor Rick Snyder addresses the teachers of Detroit public schools, “I would hope you would stop harming the children. I appreciate the fact that people have strong feelings on different issues. But to do it at the expense of affecting the school day for the children, I don't think that’s appropriate.”
The sick-out occurring in Detroit is harming the students, in the eyes of Governor Rick Snyder, but this is one option to show society the harsh reality of the DPS school system. The “sick-out” supporters believe that the government is to blame for this tragedy of a school system. But others, including Governor Snyder, blame the school administration and management processes and staff, and people who disagree with both of these opposites are pushing to disregard the “blame game” and fix the issue. Detroit public schools have lost an immense portion of their enrollment in the recent years, and this has negatively impacted their financial standings, which is related to the way the school operates. The school budget was decreased multiple times, and this has had a large impact on the said issue because the school officials tried to push through the financially difficult time, but the difficult time never ceased, and they soon found themselves in a large amount of debt they were …show more content…
These schools have had no other option other than to close for the day because a large portion the DPS teachers and staff are calling in sick, ultimately the teachers’ goal for starting this “sick-out” is to expose the harsh and dangerous conditions circulating Detroit’s public school system. Standing in the cold weather, shouting about their school, speaking to news reporters on the streets of Detroit, the teachers are working to express their concerns regarding their school’s conditions. The teachers are telling CNN, “Detroit deserves better”(Botelho, Brumfield, &Shortell, 2016). The toilets do not function, the children can not participate in gymnasium activities because the floor is buckling, and teachers are going to work not knowing if they will receive compensation. In these circumstances, teachers and students do deserve so much better. But, according to governor Snyder, the participants in the sick-out are failing their students. In an interview with Scott Pelley from CBS, governor Rick Snyder addresses the teachers of Detroit public schools, “I would hope you would stop harming the children. I appreciate the fact that people have strong feelings on different issues. But to do it at the expense of affecting the school day for the children, I don't think that’s appropriate.”