Hundreds of kindergartens closed, entire families in isolation: “Irresponsible parents”

Gali Fried from Ramat Gan was required to go into solitary confinement with her family, after her three-year-old son Omar was exposed to a toddler infected in Corona. It later became clear to Fried that the toddler had arrived at the kindergarten even though his family member had contracted the virus. “The thought that a health declaration signed by parents every morning ensures compliance with the procedures does not meet reality,” Fried said in frustration at the figure that 580 kindergartens have been closed in similar circumstances since the last closure.

Since leaving the third quarantine, the kindergartens have operated for 12 days, but every day dozens of them are closed one after the other. The reason: Exposure to a verified patient from the educational staff, kindergarten teachers and assistants who refuse to be vaccinated or children who have been infected. According to data from the Ministry of Education, 374 kindergartens and 37 schools are currently closed throughout the country. The number of verified students now stands at 12,977 and among the teaching staff at 1,181. Tens of thousands of students and thousands of teaching staff are in solitary confinement.

In the background of the data, the chairwoman of the teachers ‘department at the teachers’ union, Anat Dadon, is demanding that the Corona cabinet change the outline of opening kindergartens, and set activities in small groups of permanent capsules. According to a family member is verified and reveals the rest of the kindergarten children.

In contrast, there are those among parents who demand that the entry of education staff, including kindergarten teachers, assistants and teachers be conditioned on vaccination or corona testing in light of many cases of kindergarten and classroom closures due to exposure to those who refused to be vaccinated. The issue of parents sending children to an educational institution even when one of her family members is verified is also troubling others who have had to go into isolation due to irresponsibility.

Gali Fried, who was required to go into solitary confinement with her entire family, after exposing her son to a child with a corona infected by a family member, said of the problem: That even when someone blatantly violates the procedures and sends children to kindergarten when one of the other members of the household is isolated or ill, everyone is afraid to wake up and somehow the group is filled with embracing emojis and ‘complete healing’ greetings.

“Truth be told, these parents who invent their own procedures, like ‘if the big brother came out negative in the test then he is allowed to be home and we all are not’, this is really not the procedure. These parents are irresponsible. Every parent knows that unless you split into different homes, there is no “It is likely that isolated siblings maintain isolation within the same home, certainly not when they are in elementary school and below. Those parents probably do not understand the tremendous circle of influence of the consequences of their actions.”

Fried added that “a three-year-old boy who goes into solitary confinement disables his working parents even if they are vaccinated and exempt from solitary confinement because they need to stay with him at home, be cared for and cared for. Such a child affects all siblings in the home, Do not come. “

According to Fried, “It is not the role of the parents to be the enforcement police of irresponsible parents who send to kindergarten who should be in solitary confinement, nor is it the role of the kindergarten teacher sent to the front to spread laconic messages dictated to her by the Ministry of Education. “Their place after a variety of blessings is ‘be healthy.’

Reut Hertz from Herzliya, one of the leaders in the struggle to condition the entry of education staffs on immunization or corona testing, was forced to isolate all her children after her daughter was exposed to an aide who was infected in Corona. “Because of the inability to maintain complete separation, we are putting our other two children in isolation as well and we will not send them to frames,” Hertz said of the case of the assistant who was infected even though she was vaccinated twice.

She added: “It should be understood that the consequences of these isolations are from so many aspects. The health aspect where I put my other children at risk, they will not go to kindergarten next week and again the school year is interrupted. The social aspect that includes not only friends but also interaction And the personal connection with the teacher. Although my child is not in first grade where this matter seems more substantial, but what personal and deep connection develops between the teachers and kindergarten teachers and the children in such a year? And of course the economic and employment consequences that carry a very heavy price.

“We are a couple who work full time and are forced in such a week to clear diaries and work from home while keeping the children, they are small and still not fully employed. We make a clear division when each with the children and when the other works and this is how it is conducted. “After all, in such a week of isolation, it is impossible to bring a babysitter or a grandmother, it’s just us.”

Hertz further said that the current situation is jamming the work sequence. “In this incident, 30 children entered the isolation kindergarten and other siblings, as in our case, who cannot be separated. It so happened that 60 parents are not working now and will make the multiplication of more than 370 kindergartens that are now closed.”

Against the background of the surge in morbidity among children, the Bnei Brak municipality decided today to introduce learning in kindergartens in capsules, which until now has only been introduced in schools. The goal: to reduce the number of genes that are closed for isolation.

Mayor Avraham Rubinstein said that in case of illness in the vicinity of the kindergartens, students will be placed in isolation from the learning capsule and not all the kindergarten children. He said, “The reality that kindergartens are closing and their students being sent to solitary confinement is painful and deprives us of sleep.

“We work to ensure a study routine along with ensuring the safety of students and teaching staff. Our outline reduces the risk to kindergarten children, even beyond what is required by the general guidelines.”

The local government center opposes capsules in kindergartens, arguing that this is not feasible both in terms of the ability to recruit staff and due to the costs. The national parent leadership supports this position.