The municipality changed the name of the Ehud school in Haifa - the parents are furious

Angry reactions to the name change of the Ehud school in the estate to a school in memory of the late media personality Shlomo Tel. Graduates of the school, whose children also graduated from the Ehud school, contacted Lahi Pa in recent days and claimed that it was not clear to them why the name had to be changed The school they attended. "I am a graduate of the school," said Vared, whose two children also attended the school, "and I feel that the decision to change the name of the school shows a real disrespect for me, my children, and hundreds if not thousands of other graduates. The school building was established in 1963 and since then its name was Ehud, and here now without a preliminary check with the parents and the school staff the name of the school has changed. Does anyone care about the values ​​that the school has engraved on its flag - אEve, הintelligence and dSoft earth?".
The former deputy mayor the architect Shmuel Galbhart He also claimed that the contribution of those whose name is given to the other schools in the city cannot be compared with the contribution of the late Tel: "Schools should be named after the nation's greats, who represent in their heritage an added educational value for their students. I had the privilege of knowing Mr. Tel, a role model A Haifaite. Straightforward, humble, far from politics and honors. It is appropriate that his memory be commemorated by the name of a street, square, garden, public club, or scholarship. The schools in Haifa were named after Einstein (great scientist of the world), David Yelin (head of the Hebrew settlement), Tchernakhovsky (one of the greatest Hebrew poets), Herzl (the state contract), and Ben Gurion (the first prime minister).

in a solemn ceremony in the presence of the mayor Yona Yahav and the family members of The late Shlomo Tel The Ehud school is named after Tel. Many parents contacted Hai Fa to complain that although the ceremony was planned for many months, they learned about the change in content from a reading in one of the places in the city. It should be noted that contrary to what was written in the article, the educational content at the school will not change. This means that the school, still named after Ehud Ben Gera, and where emphasis was placed on Jewish content, will not deal with media issues. It is important to further emphasize that currently the Tel family has not contributed a single shekel to the school.

According to many parents, they are not opposed to the name of the school changing, they simply do not understand what is behind the choice of Tel Zal. According to them, despite trying to understand what the municipal criteria are for a school to be named after you, no clear answer was received. "There are people who have contributed to the city Much more than the late Shlomo Tel, who contributes much more to the city of Haifa or to the local media, worked like the rest of us to make a living in the press and in an advertising agency. If they asked to change the name of the school to the name of an educator who worked for education in the city, for example, we would not say a word. But what exactly is the legacy of the late Shlomo Tel for which the school should be named after him?

One of the parents at the school wrote in the shared WhatsApp group: "Has anyone recently opened an issue of Kalbo newspaper?
This is simply a scandal... If we put aside for a moment the fact that Shlomo Tel is a Holocaust survivor (because unfortunately he was not the only one in the city) what kind of media power are we talking about here? 30 pages of advertisements and a little more gossip that are thrown into vehicles driving at the central intersections of the city?! This is the sleaze of the media sector. I'm ashamed At least the school would get money for enrichment and physical development of the place. But not that either. Did I already write that I'm ashamed?!

Vice Chairman of the Parents' Committee Roni Bernstein He said today that at first there was indeed an uncomfortable feeling from the way the municipality conducted itself and from the fact that it tried to hide the change, but after a conversation with the municipality, he realized that the change would only be in the name of the school and that a student who wanted to could benefit from the enrichment in communication topics, but not instead of the predetermined contents.
A number of parents, who did not agree to be named, stated that what bothers them is that Shlomo Tel died 15 years ago, and suddenly today there was an urgency to commemorate his memory. They further claimed that the fact that Tel's son, Avi, presents himself as the "strategic advisor of Mayor Yona Yahav", creates a feeling of discomfort, but they are sure that Yahav's considerations are relevant because of Tel's contribution to the city.

The municipality informed Lahi Fe: in response that the education system has decided to enrich the curriculum at the school in the areas of interpersonal communication and community communication, while using advanced media means, which until now the students of the school were not familiar with.
In this framework, the school will now be called the "Community School for Communication named after the late Shlomo Tel" a resident of the city of Haifa who was one of the pioneers of journalism and the internet industry in Israel.
It will be emphasized that the school's core curriculum and curricula, which are approved and supervised by the Ministry of Education, will continue to exist in full and there will be no changes to them.

Editor of his dog Rolly Kirstein He told a Hai Fe reporter that he does not respond to the slanders of anonymous sources.

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