The Nation magazine has a piece that just came out that says much about how teachers and schools in the wake of Hurricane Harvey are helping those in dire need of support. I believe this small excerpt captures both the essence of the article and the Spirit De Corp of some of our nation's teachers. The segment deals with a portion of Corpus Christi.
"A lot of people say, everyone evacuated,” she says. “But honestly, the poverty-stricken children, who are children highly at risk, probably didn’t evacuate…. So they are going to be traumatized, and we just have to ensure that we have all the psychiatrists and psychologists and school personnel ready to be able to deal with those issues when the children come back.”
The teachers’ union has been coordinating basic resources for the whole community, including serving as a hub to connect people with relief resources, providing teachers and students with emergency supplies, and distributing food.
“We’re going to try and help in every possible way, working with others in the community…to make our schools havens…to provide the services that our children need at this time,” Vera said. “And we do it well because that’s our business.”
To those who want to assist our charity as we work to help get schoolchildren back in the classroom please be so kind as to consider a donation to Schools Count Corp. (www.schoolscountcorp.org)
Thank you,
Dick
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