普罗维登斯教师抗议13所学校供暖与安全问题：工会称上周多校停暖
普罗维登斯教师工会11月4日放学后在学区行政办公室前举行抗议，抗议该市公立学校持续存在的供暖、维护与安全问题。希望高中学生伊莱贾·古兹曼随教师们一同参加了抗议，工会称上周仅一周内就有13所学校出现供暖中断。
普罗维登斯教师工会主席林赛·派瓦在现场表示，抗议不只是为了供暖问题，工会已向学区提交了十余项安全方面的申诉。10月29日，学监哈维尔·蒙塔涅斯曾致信家长说明相关情况，但教师们表示，希望高中、格林学校与中央高中等地仍在持续遭遇供暖中断。
11月4日当天，学区向《普罗维登斯日报》提供了其中四所学校的情况，称希望高中与格林学校的锅炉出现问题，但未回应教师提到的另外九所学校。刚刚当选市长的戴维·莫拉莱斯也在抗议期间到场倾听教师诉求。
随着新英格兰地区气温下降，教室供暖问题直接影响学生的学习环境与健康。教师工会要求学区正视全部13所学校的供暖与安全隐患，并拿出明确的维修时间表，而不是只回应个别学校的情况。
（来源：Providence Journal）
Providence Teachers Protest Heating and Safety Problems at 13 Schools
The Providence Teachers Union held a protest outside the school district's administrative offices after school on November 4 over persistent heating, maintenance and safety problems in the city's public schools. Hope High School student Elijah Guzman joined his teachers at the protest; the union said 13 schools experienced heating outages in the past week alone.
Union president Lindsay Paiva told the crowd the protest was not only about heat, and that the union has filed more than a dozen safety grievances with the district. Superintendent Javier Montañez wrote to parents on October 29 about the situation, but teachers said heating outages were continuing at Hope High School, Greene School, Central High School and elsewhere.
On November 4 the district gave The Providence Journal information on four of the schools, citing boiler problems at Hope and Greene, but did not address the other nine schools teachers had named. Mayor-elect David Morales also attended the protest to hear the teachers' concerns.
As temperatures fall across New England, classroom heating directly affects students' learning environment and health. The union is asking the district to address the heating and safety hazards at all 13 schools and to provide a clear repair timetable, rather than responding only to individual schools.
(Source: The Providence Journal)
来源：Providence Journal
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