Puerto Rico, the nation's sixth-largest school district, is in crisis. It's both uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters and unusually ill-equipped to help children recover from them.
to the island. The money has so far been used to hire hundreds of school nurses and psychologists, fund tutoring programs and pay for temporary teacher salary increases.
First grade teacher Ady Abreu has been an educator for more than 23 years, but she said she only recently learnedFirst grade teacher Ady Abreu has been an educator for more than 23 years, but she said she only recently learned"That they found me is the best thing that's happened to me as a teacher," said Abreu, who lives in Carolina, a city about 15 miles east of San Juan.
The inadequacy of teacher pay was harshly illustrated in early 2022, when a teacher died in a car crash. It was believed he fell asleep while driving home from night work as a security guard, one of two moonlighting jobs he needed to make ends meet. In response to that tragedy and other events, educators, prompting the government to approve a temporary $1,000-a-month bump for all educators, and bonuses for some teachers, paid for with federal relief funds.
"It was hard to get food," she said last fall."Now, whenever there is a storm, I worry I won't have enough to eat."found that approximately 68,000 kids, more than a quarter of all Puerto Rican students, were identified as needing help because of an emotional, mental or behavioral situation.
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