The horror of September 1: the families preparing for the teachers' strike
The strike hovering over the beginning of school forces many parents to think of a solution for their children, who are left without a framework again after a long summer vacation.
Whether they are helped by their grandparents, or take a forced vacation to take care of the children themselves, everyone agrees in despair: "It's a logistical and financial blow"
Yanir Yagna and Yoav Itiel
25/08/2022
Thursday, August 25, 2022, 06:00
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In the shadow of the threats of a strike in the entire education system, from the teachers' union and the teachers' organization, many families are preparing for the forced extension of the summer vacation, and with it the question of what to do with the children who remain without a framework.
Some parents are forced to ask their grandparents for help, while others decide to take time off to look after the children themselves.
"This is a logistical and also financial blow," they say to Walla!
Liat and Gal Zaor, parents from Kiryat Motzkin, who are still having trouble digesting the news of the strike.
"Let's hope we can get help from the grandparents, let's hope they agree, but they have more grandchildren and it's obviously not possible to drop all of them."
"A logistical and financial blow."
Liat and Gal Zaor with their children (photo: courtesy of those photographed)
The couple has three children: Healy, 10, Shir, 7, and Rif, 3. "We are coming off a summer of three summer camps and we still haven't recovered from 4,500 shekels per child," they said.
"Surely after-hours and other solutions will emerge that will try to extort us at exorbitant prices. No one takes that into account. Let them think up there what this is doing to Israel's economy."
"We don't have many choices, because we have to earn a living and there is an obligation to the employer and the customers," add Liat, who is a confectioner, and Gal, who is a digital person.
"You can't work from home with three children and you can't leave them alone. It's a problem for every parent in our situation."
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"We don't have many choices."
The Zaur family (Photo: Courtesy of those photographed)
Moran Hila Madmoni, a resident of Sderot, is the mother of two sons who attend elementary schools in the city.
"On the face of it, it looks like we're heading for a strike," she says.
"We have already started thinking about what to do with the children after the challenging summer we spent in the Gaza Strip, and we are looking for which of the grandparents will be on duty - who will be called to flag this time."
She adds that she supports the struggle of the teachers, who in her opinion should receive a proper salary.
Shani Mazuz, a mother from Nitiv, decided that she would deal with the strike in a different way.
"If there is a strike, we intend to take time off from work," she said.
"I have a private business, and if this happens I will have to cancel clients."
Regarding the intention to shut down the education system, she says that "it will harm the routine of the parents at work and also of the children who are waiting to go back to school."
"We have already survived closures, but in the end it will be unbearable."
Hani and Maor Goldman and their children (photo: courtesy of the photographers)
"Obviously it's quite stressful," Hani and Maor from Zichron Ya'akov testify to the situation.
The two have three children: Yeftah, 7 years old, Maya, 6 years old, and Ari, 2 years old.
Hani is a statistician and Maor is a software person, and they are troubled by the question of how they will be able to continue working and take care of the children at the same time.
Unlike Maor, Hani works from home, a job that she says requires a lot of silence and concentration.
"I'm sure we'll get along in the end, but it's probably not ideal and certainly not after such a long vacation," she says when she thinks about how she will deal with the extension of the vacation.
"It is true that if we survived the closures we will also survive a strike, but if it lasts two weeks or more it will be unbearable."
They add that they justify the teachers' struggle, but think that the Histadrut is wrong in the way it struggles.
"It shouldn't be a way of wars on our backs, the parents," they say.
"We have a girl entering first grade and the questions that run through our minds are, what will happen to the introduction day and the first day at school, and it's a shame that this whole celebration is being lost. When they ask her in twenty years where you were on September 1, 2022, what will she say? At home?".
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