A few months ago, some friends of mine moved to Arizona on a one-year contract with a multinational company. They work in a very specialized sector and are very well qualified and experienced. Their two children are in middle school and adapted quickly to the new system.
Yesterday, the parents of all the pupils got an email from the school stating that (I am paraphrasing) “that the Trump administration had implemented a federal funding freeze in late January and the immediate effects of this freeze leave us uncertain about our financial planning and resource allocation for the coming months”.
I understand that parents are being asked if they can subsidize the school in some way in the meanwhile. These financial cuts will have serious impacts and low-income school districts will suffer the most and in a short period of time. At least one teacher is leaving the State and going to work in the private sector.
If this is not resolved by end of this month the family will move to France for the remainder of the contract. 16 other families that started with them will also leave. They say that the atmosphere in their part of town has changed from being vibrant to being what she described as “lonely and silent”.
They also told a story of how a woman came home from work to find that 3 members of her family are being held for deportation. None have a criminal record.
Reg the Fronkey Farmer 1 year ago.
