'When I have conversations with high school students and I ask them, “What is it that you want to be?” and they don’t say, “I want to be a teacher”’ I always wonder. So I ask, “Why not a teacher?” and they’re like, “Because teachers don’t make money.” '
left Mexico City for Texas with her mother and sister. They were undocumented. At a public middle school in Austin, Garibay learned English. Later, she and her sister founded one of the first organizations nationwide of so-called Dreamers, young immigrants pushing for U.S. citizenship. Garibay became a citizen herself in 2012. In Austin, she worked as a pre-K teacher, then as an official in the local teachers union. She then served as thethe state’s major union federation.
It’s not easy. My role essentially is trying to hear all the different perspectives and share that information with Dr. Cardona. I talk to teachers in Austin, and there are many who want to stay home because of health issues.
In my personal opinion, yes. I feel that the resources need to be given to public schools because they’re open for every child, whether you’re an English-language learner, whether you have a disability. And unfortunately, charter schools don’t have the same checks and balances; they get to pick and choose the students they enroll.
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