Feng Yongnian frowned: "Withdrawing schools is not something our school district can decide. Restoring schools is also not something our school district can decide. Now there are insufficient students and a huge teacher gap. It is simply impossible to build schools in every village.
It can be done.”
"Why is it impossible? When we were in the production team, there was one school per village. Were we poorer then, or are we poorer now?" Luo Guangfu asked rhetorically.
Feng Yongnian was speechless at this moment. Yes, at that time, the country was so difficult that it was able to build primary schools in every village. Now that the country is rich and powerful, why did the primary schools in the villages be removed in the end?
"Our village is too far away from the surrounding villages. There is no way to ensure the safety of children when they go to school in other villages. We have counted the accidents of students on their way to school in the past two years. In two years, the total number of accidents has reached
Hundreds of cases. Among them, there were more than a dozen serious accidental injuries. Broken legs, broken hands, various serious injuries, too numerous to mention." Luo Changqing handed the statistical table and the villagers' petition to Feng Yongnian.
Feng Yongnian took it, looked at it, and quickly handed it back to Luo Changqing: "You can't solve this problem with me. I don't have the right to accept it. You can go to the county education bureau and see how they respond."
Feng Yongnian knew that accepting this petition would be asking for trouble. He simply kicked the ball out.
"Director Feng, you won't answer, right? OK, I'll call a carload of villagers to go to the county education bureau and block the door." Luo Changqing said.
Feng Yongnian said with a grimace: "Secretary Luo, it's not that I don't care about this, it's that I don't have the authority. How can our school district have the right to restore a primary school? I just agree with you to resume running the school. Where can I arrange staffing for you?
Ah? The previous school closures and mergers did bring about a lot of problems. But we have no way to solve these problems."
"Okay, since you can't solve it, I won't embarrass you. I will definitely go to the Education Bureau." Luo Changqing said.
Luo Changqing and his party went directly to the County Education Bureau, where the deputy director named Wei Kaiyu received Luo Changqing and his party.
"Luo Zhishu, let me tell you the truth, it is impossible to restore the schools that have been demolished. It is not that we are unwilling, but that we do not have the ability. Nowadays, all primary schools in the county are seriously short of staff. On the one hand, we want to enter
"They can't get in because of the limited number of employees, and on the other hand, there's a shortage of teachers," Wei Kaiyu said.
"You are unwilling to resume the school, can we run it ourselves? We will run the school ourselves and hire our own teachers. But the Education Bureau must approve certain funds. Otherwise, if students have accidents in the future, we will go to the county education bureau to find you."
Leader, who told you to remove the primary school in our village?" Luo Changqing said.
"Please report this to your village, and we can appropriately approve some funds, but without establishment, we cannot pay teachers salaries. In addition, we can find a way to solve the issue of student status for you. Does your village not have a kindergarten?"
You can open a kindergarten. Do it one step at a time." Wei Kaiyu did not dare to reject these villagers. Although the dismantling of schools is a historical issue, there are indeed problems with the dismantling of schools. Many villages are very remote and should not be dismantled according to the policy.
.But at that time, the Education Bureau applied a one-size-fits-all approach. Regardless of whether they met the requirements or not, all those whose numbers did not meet the standard were withdrawn. In the end, school-age children in some villages had to go to primary schools more than ten miles away. Ho Mawan Primary School is
One of them is that many places have resumed school operations in disguise, similar to what Luo Changqing said. The Education Bureau will also allocate some funds appropriately.
Luo Changqing is not worried about money. He knows that in terms of money, he cannot hire Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi no matter how much money they have. Both of them are top students. If it is for money, it is impossible for them to go to Ho Ma Wan. Of course, Luo Changqing is not prepared to let Luo Tianwang
Do voluntary labor with Li Shishi. Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi want to engage in ecological agriculture and expand their industry, which requires a lot of land. The village has no money, but there is land. There is a large area of land that has been abandoned and uncultivated. Luo Changqing can use this land to Luo Tianwang for free.
Farming with Li Shishi to make up for their efforts in the village primary school.
Therefore, Luo Changqing came here not to get a sum of money from the Education Bureau, but to get the qualifications to run a school. If the name is not correct, the words will not be right. Luo Changqing is not afraid of trouble from the Education Bureau, but he has to consider the future of the children in the village.
If there is no disagreement between the two parties, the matter will be easy to handle. Wei Kaiyu readily agreed to allocate some funds to Hemawan Village and solve the issue of school-age children in Hemawan. However, in principle, the Education Bureau does not recognize the qualifications of Hemawan Primary School.
, and will not provide any establishment to Ho Ma Wan Primary School.
Back in the village, Luo Changqing said to Luo Tianwang: "Tianwang, it's not easy for our Hemawan to have a college student like you. Without schools, our children in Hemawan have been in a backward position since elementary school. Therefore, Hemawan
Wan Primary School must resume operations. There are still existing classrooms, and I am going to repair them. When the funds from the Education Bureau come down, I will build another teaching building. The office building of the village committee in our village has not been repaired, so it can be used in it.
Let's build it together. Build a taller and better-looking building."
"Uncle Changqing, are you really planning to build the school? In fact, the people in the village are slowly leaving. Even if the school is restored, it may be abandoned because there are no children to go to school." Luo Tianwang saw it clearly.
, with the current drive, the demise of rural areas is inevitable. In the end, farmland may be transformed, and Hemawan, like many rural areas, will be turned into farms.
"Well, I think back then our He Mawan Primary School had one grade and one class, and it was so crowded. Now, there are fewer and fewer school-age children. According to the village's household registration, there are many school-age children, but many of them are taken to the city to go to school.
Yes. You are right, Ho Ma Wan will become history sooner or later. But even if it becomes history, I also hope to leave some thoughts here. In the future, people in Ho Ma Wan will be able to remember this place when they return to this place."
Luo Changqing said.
Luo Tianwang nodded: "Uncle Changqing, as long as Shishi and I stay in Ho Ma Wan, we will work as a private teacher at Ho Ma Wan Primary School for one day."
"I was just about to tell you this. There are a large area of paddy fields and dry land in the village. The village will help you gather them together and give you the right to contract. You don't need a penny for subcontracting. This is the village's public land. At that time,
The village will give you and Shishi a salary." Luo Changqing said.
"Uncle Changqing, isn't this good? What should we do? We should follow the policy." Luo Tianwang said quickly.
"What policy? The contract responsibility system is the policy. This land is contracted to the villagers for free. Isn't your household registration still in Hemawan? That is in line with the policy. But this is basic farmland, and you cannot use it to set up factories.
. It can only be used to grow crops. Don’t worry, I will convene a village meeting on this matter. Whoever doesn’t want to can come and compete. As long as it can solve the problem of the primary school, I will not object. You will also avoid being dragged down."
Luo Changqing smiled.
Luo Changqing acted resolutely and quickly held a village meeting. In fact, less than one-fifth of the villagers were able to attend the meeting. People in the village supported the re-opening of the primary school. Going to school in the village was much more convenient and more convenient than going to school in other villages.
Safe. In addition, the teachers are two college students. Graduates from Kyoto University are working as teachers. I am afraid that there are not many elementary schools in the country.
What’s the public land in the village? Anyway, the village cadres took the money and used it to exchange for two college students to become teachers. What a bargain!
Funds for the primary school repairs were provided by the village, and villagers were also called upon to donate. Luo Tianwang's family contributed 100,000 yuan, and the village also raised more than 10,000 yuan. Luo Changqing did not plan to use all of the money for repairs. Instead, he saved it for later use.
After the funds from the Education Bureau, plus the construction funds for the village committee office building, were all put together to build a magnificent building. First, tens of thousands of yuan were spent to repair the village primary school.
He Mawan Village Primary School was built in the 1950s. Many elderly people in the village studied in this school. The house is very strong, but it has been abandoned for several years and is a bit dilapidated. However, the repair only requires replacing the tiles on the roof.
Replaced with cement tiles, repainted the walls, and simply suspended the ceiling. New blackboards were nailed in the classroom, and tables, chairs, and benches were replaced.
There are less than 60 school-age children in Tongmu Primary School in He Mawan. It is impossible to open six grades at once. Luo Changqing plans to only open two lower-grade classes. The problem that the village faces in schooling is mainly in the lower-grade classes. Those who are too old
If you are young, it is not safe to go to school in a neighboring village. If you are older, there will not be much of a problem. As for what to do in the future, I will figure it out later.
It just so happens that the summer vacation is about to start. I will take advantage of the summer vacation to complete the school repairs. Classes can start next semester.
Li Shishi was very concerned about this matter, more so than cultivating Taoism. From the time she agreed to Luo Changqing to be a private teacher in Mawan, she began to play the role of a primary school principal, ordering textbooks and various materials.
"Tianwang, I don't plan to use these primary school textbooks. I originally have many ideas that can be carried out in this primary school." Li Shishi said.
"Yes, I am very supportive." Luo Tianwang said.
"You don't even know what I'm planning to do, why do you support me?" Li Shishi was a little dissatisfied with Luo Tianwang's perfunctory approach.
Luo Tianwang smiled and said: "You are a graduate of Kyoto University and you are a primary school teacher. You are killing a chicken with a knife. No matter how you teach, you are much better than ordinary primary school teachers."
"I'm not going to teach pinyin. I'm going to teach children literacy directly," Li Shishi said.
"Why?" Luo Tianwang asked in surprise.
"Because it's not necessary. Pinyin was originally used to correct pronunciation. But today's children watch TV every day and are exposed to very standard pronunciation. Many children have learned to speak Mandarin without going to school. Why should we go there?
What about learning Pinyin? And for children, learning Pinyin is much more difficult than learning to read. We have never realized that teaching children Pinyin is equivalent to letting them learn a foreign language." Li Shishi said.
