UMelissa Lee ududuze indodana nendodakazi yakhe ngemva kokuba umfundi evulele ngenhlamvu esikoleni samabanga aphezulu edolobheni laseKansas City, kwalimala umqondisi kanye nephoyisa ebelilapho.
Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, walilela abazali base-Uvalde, eTexas, abaphoqeleka ukuba bangcwabe izingane zabo ngemva kwesibhicongo sikaMay.Uthe “kumphathe kabi kakhulu” ukuzwa ukuthi isifunda sesikole sakhe sithenge uhlelo lokuxwayisa abantu ngenxa yodlame lwesikole, okuhlanganisa ukudubula nokulwa.Ubuchwepheshe buhlanganisa inkinobho yokwethuka egqokekayo noma uhlelo lokusebenza lwefoni oluvumela othisha ukuthi bazisane futhi bashayele amaphoyisa uma kunesimo esiphuthumayo.
“Isikhathi sibalulekile,” kusho u-Lee, indodana yakhe eyasiza ukuvala iminyango yekilasi ngesikhathi amaphoyisa engena esikoleni sakhe nezibhamu.“Bangakwazicindezela inkinobhofuthi, awu, siyazi ukuthi kukhona okungalungile, niyazi, okungalungile ngempela.Bese kubeka wonke umuntu ekuphaphameni okukhulu.”
Izifundazwe eziningana manje zigunyaza noma zikhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwenkinobho, futhi inani elikhulayo lezifunda likhokha amashumi ezinkulungwane zamaRandi ezikoleni njengengxenye yempi ebanzi yokwenza izikole ziphephe futhi zivimbele inhlekelele elandelayo.Isiphithiphithi sabathengi sihlanganisa izithungatha zensimbi, amakhamera okuvikela, izinsimbi zokugada izimoto, amasistimu ama-alamu, ojosaka abakhanyelayo, ingilazi engangenwa izinhlamvu nezinhlelo zokukhiya iminyango.
Abagxeki bathi abaphathi besikole benza konke okusemandleni ukukhombisa abazali abakhathazekile ngesenzo - noma yisiphi isenzo - ngaphambi konyaka omusha wesikole, kodwa ngokuxhamazela kwabo bangase bagqamise izinto ezingalungile.UKen Trump, umongameli weNational School Safety and Security Service, uthe "yinkundla yezokuphepha."Kunalokho, uthe, izikole kufanele zigxile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi othisha balandela imigomo eyisisekelo yokuphepha, njengokuqinisekisa ukuthi iminyango ayishiywa ivuliwe.
Ukuhlaselwa kwe-Uvalda kubonisa ukushiyeka kwesistimu ye-alamu.Isikole iRobb Elementary School senze uhlelo lokusebenza lwesixwayiso futhi isisebenzi sesikole sathumela isexwayiso sokukhiya ngesikhathi isigebengu sifika esikoleni.Kodwa akubona bonke othisha abayithola ngenxa yekhwalithi ephansi ye-Wi-Fi noma ngenxa yokuthi amafoni ayevaliwe noma ashiywe ekhabetheni ledeski, ngokophenyo olwenziwa yiSishayamthetho saseTexas.Labo abakwenzayo bangase bangakuthatheli phezulu, umbiko woMkhandlu Wesishayamthetho uthi: “Izikole zihlale zikhipha izixwayiso eziphathelene nokujahwa kwezimoto zeBorder Patrol endaweni.
"Abantu bafuna izinto abangazibona futhi bazithinte," kusho uTrump.“Kunzima kakhulu ukuveza ukubaluleka kokuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi.Lezi yizinto ezingabambeki.Lezi izinto ezisobala nezingabonakali, kodwa zisebenza kahle kakhulu.”
Edolobheni elingaphansi kweKansas, isinqumo sokusebenzisa u-$2.1 million eminyakeni emihlanu ohlelweni olubizwa ngeCrisisAlert “bekungeyona indlela yokusabela,” kusho uBrent Kiger, umqondisi wezokuphepha e-Olathe Public Schools.Uthe ubeluqaphile lolu hlelo ngisho nangaphambi kwesigameko sokudubula esikoleni i-Olathe High ngoMashi ngemuva kokuthi abasebenzi bebhekane nengane eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala phakathi kwamahlebezi okuthi ubephethe isibhamu esikhwameni sakhe.
“Kusisiza ukuba sikujabulele futhi sikubheke ngeso lengqondo: “Sisinde kulesi senzakalo esibucayi, sizosisiza kanjani?”Kuzosisiza ngalolo suku,” usho kanje."Akukho ukungabaza ngalokho."
Lolu hlelo, ngokungafani nalolo u-Uvalde athembele kulo, luvumela abasebenzi ukuthi baqale ukuvalwa, okuzomenyezelwa ngamalambu akhanyayo, ukuduna amakhompyutha abasebenzi, kanye nesimemezelo esirekhodwe kusengaphambili nge-intercom.Othisha bangavula i-alamu ngokuthingokucindezela inkinobhoebhejini eligqokekayo okungenani izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili.Bangaphinde bacele usizo lokuqeda impi ephasishi noma banikeze usizo lwezokwelapha oluphuthumayo uma izisebenzi zicindezela inkinobho kathathu.
Umenzi womkhiqizo, uCentegix, esitatimendeni uthe isidingo seCrisisAlert siyakhula nangaphambi kwe-Uvalde, kanti imali yenkontileka entsha ikhuphuke ngo-270% isuka ku-Q1 2021 yaya ku-Q1 2022.
I-Arkansas yaba ngomunye wabokuqala ukusebenzisa inkinobho yokwethuka, yamemezela ngo-2015 ukuthi izikole ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 zizohlonyiswa ngohlelo lokusebenza lwe-smartphone oluzovumela abasebenzisi ukuthi baxhume ngokushesha ku-911. Ngaleso sikhathi, izikhulu zemfundo zathi lolu hlelo lubanzi kakhulu. ezweni .
Kodwa lo mbono waqala ngempela ngemva kokudutshulwa kwabantu abaningi ngo-2018 eMarjorie Stoneman Douglas High School eParkland, eFlorida.
U-Lori Alhadeff, indodakazi yakhe u-Alyssa eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala yayiphakathi kwezisulu, wasungula i-Make Our Schools Safe futhi waqala ukukhuthaza izinkinobho zokwethuka.Lapho kuqhuma isibhamu, wabhalela indodakazi yakhe ukuthi usizo lusendleleni.
“Kodwa empeleni alikho inkinobho yokwethuka.Ayikho indlela yokuxhumana ngokushesha nabezomthetho noma abezimo eziphuthumayo ukuze bafike endaweni yesigameko ngokushesha okukhulu,” kusho u-Lori Kitaygorodsky, okhulumela leli qembu."Sihlala sicabanga ukuthi isikhathi silingana nempilo."
Izishayamthetho eFlorida naseNew Jersey ziphendule ngokuphasisa imithetho yakwa-Alyssa efuna izikole ziqale ukusebenzisa ama-alamu aphuthumayo.Izikole zaku-District of Columbia nazo zengeze ubuchwepheshe bezinkinobho zokwethuka.
Kulandela u-Uwalde, uHulumeni waseNew York u-Kathy Hochul usayine umthethosivivinywa omusha odinga izifunda zesikole ukuthi zicabange ukufaka ama-alamu angasho lutho.Uhulumeni wase-Oklahoma u-Kevin Stitt ukhiphe umyalo wesigungu esinxusa zonke izikole ukuthi zifake izinkinobho zokwethuka uma zingakasebenzi.Umbuso uke wahlinzeka ngemali ezikoleni ukuze zibhalisele izinhlelo zokusebenza.
I-Nebraska, i-Texas, i-Arizona, ne-Virginia nayo iphasise imithetho ebizwa ngokuthi Ukugcina Izikole Zethu Ziphephile iminyaka.
Kulo nyaka, izikole zaseLas Vegas ziphinde zanquma ukwengeza izinkinobho zokwethuka ukuphendula igagasi lodlame.Imininingwane ikhombisa ukuthi kusukela ngo-Agasti kuze kube sekupheleni kukaMeyi 2021, kube nezigameko zokushaya nokushaywa kwabantu abangu-2,377 esifundeni, okuhlanganisa nesigameko sokushaya kwangemva kwesikole esilimaza uthisha samquleka ekilasini.Ezinye izifunda ezikhuphule inkinobho yokwethuka "yokubuyela esikoleni" zifaka izikole zaseNorth Carolina's Madison County Schools, ezibeka nezibhamu ze-AR-15 kuzo zonke izikole, kanye neSifunda sase-Houston County School e-Georgia.
UWalter Stevens, umqondisi omkhulu wokusebenza kwezikole esikoleni esinabafundi abangu-30,000 e-Houston County, uthe isifunda savivinya ubuchwepheshe be-panic button ezikoleni ezintathu ngonyaka odlule ngaphambi kokusayina inkontileka yeminyaka emihlanu, engu-$1.7 million ukuze itholakale nhlobo.izakhiwo..
Njengezikole eziningi, isifunda sibuyekeze imigomo yaso yezokuphepha kusukela kwenzeka inhlekelele yase-Uvalda.Kodwa uStevens wagcizelela ukuthi ukudubula eTexas kwakungewona umfutho wenkinobho enkulu yokwethuka.Uma abafundi bezizwa bengaphephile, “kusho ukuthi abenzi kahle esikoleni sethu,” usho kanje.
Ochwepheshe baqapha ukuthi ingabe inkinobho isebenza njengoba kuthenjisiwe.Ezindaweni ezifana ne-Florida, uhlelo lokusebenza lwenkinobho yokwethuka lubonakalise ukungathandwa kothisha.UMokanadi, umqondisi omkhulu weNational Association of School Resource Employees, ubuze ukuthi kwenzekani uma kukhala i-alamu yamanga noma uma umfundi ecindezela inkinobho yokwethuka ukuze adale ukudideka?
"Ngokufaka ubuchwepheshe obuningi kule nkinga ... kungenzeka ukuthi sidale umuzwa ongamanga wokuvikeleka," kusho uKanadi.
Le ndawo, emelwe uSenator Cindy Holscher waseKansas, ihlanganisa ingxenye ye-Ola West County, lapho indodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala imazi khona umdubuli wase-Ola West.Nakuba uHolsher, oyiDemocrat, esekela ukufaka izinkinobho zokwethuka esifundeni, uthe izikole zizodwa ngeke zikuxazulule ukudubulana kwabantu abaningi ezweni.
“Uma sikwenza kube lula ukuthi abantu bathole izibhamu, kusazoba yinkinga,” kusho uHolschel, oweseka imithetho yefulegi elibomvu nezinye izindlela ezidinga ukugcinwa kwezibhamu ngendlela ephephile.Azikho kulezi zinyathelo ezacatshangelwa esiShayamthetho esibuswa yiRiphabhulikhi, kusho yena.
Idatha iyisifinyezo ngesikhathi sangempela.*Idatha ibambezeleka okungenani ngemizuzu eyi-15.Izindaba zebhizinisi nezezimali zomhlaba wonke, izingcaphuno zesitoko, idatha yemakethe nokuhlaziya.