{"id":33996,"date":"2026-08-11T15:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=33996"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:17:32","slug":"recortes-presupuestarios-en-las-escuelas-publicas-de-chicago-para-inmigrantes-de-primera-generacion-apoyo-para-familias-con-necesidades-especiales-segun-lo-narrado-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/08\/11\/cps-first-generation-immigrant-budget-cuts-families-special-needs-support-as-told-to\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9l vio a su madre abogar por el apoyo de educaci\u00f3n especial en las CPS. Ahora, \u00e9l est\u00e1 votando por un cambio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_6a7c907154b06\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-2-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A los 10 a\u00f1os, Froylan Su\u00e1rez se convirti\u00f3 en la persona en quien su familia confiaba para desenvolverse en el sistema educativo que sus padres inmigrantes no siempre entend\u00edan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suarez, un exalumno de CPS de primera generaci\u00f3n, traduc\u00eda las reuniones entre padres y maestros, ayudaba a su madre a lidiar con el tr\u00e1mite de inscripci\u00f3n y la apoyaba para exigir servicios de educaci\u00f3n especial para su hermano menor, lo que inclu\u00eda conseguir un asistente de sal\u00f3n de clases de educaci\u00f3n especial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para Su\u00e1rez y su familia, los desaf\u00edos reflejaban un reto m\u00e1s amplio sobre c\u00f3mo los estudiantes de primera generaci\u00f3n a menudo enfrentan barreras sist\u00e9micas adicionales al acceder a los recursos escolares y le dieron una perspectiva directa de c\u00f3mo los recortes presupuestarios de las CPS afectan a los estudiantes y a sus familias.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a7c9071550c1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: ##FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,##FFFFFF 0%,##FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a7c907155282\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h3 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mientras los votantes de Chicago se preparan para emitir su voto este noviembre para la primera junta escolar completamente elegida en 30 a\u00f1os, Borderless Magazine convers\u00f3 con Su\u00e1rez sobre sus experiencias navegando la escuela como estudiante de primera generaci\u00f3n, su b\u00fasqueda de representaci\u00f3n y c\u00f3mo esas experiencias lo alentaron a votar en las <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/chicago\/2026\/07\/14\/five-school-board-candidates-removed-from-ballot\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pr\u00f3ximas elecciones de la junta escolar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-weight-of-translation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El peso de la traducci\u00f3n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siempre estuve justo al lado de mi madre, mientras ella luchaba por los servicios de mi hermanito, ya sea como traductora o como apoyo para ella<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> desde los 10 a\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mi mam\u00e1 estuvo involucrada en la junta escolar de la escuela secundaria de mi hermano durante 12 a\u00f1os.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Siempre fue inaccesible para nosotros debido a las barreras del idioma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En la escuela primaria y secundaria, siempre ten\u00eda que traducir conversaciones entre los maestros y mi mam\u00e1 debido a la falta de traductores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuando cambi\u00f3 la administraci\u00f3n de la escuela, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/education\/2025\/09\/17\/cps-special-education-teachers-aides-cuts-and-new-positions-leaves-students-lost-behind-and-unserved-legally-required\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hubo recortes presupuestarios que mi hermano y yo no entendimos.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Creo que afectaron negativamente a los estudiantes, especialmente a los del programa de necesidades especiales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mi mam\u00e1 y yo discut\u00edamos esos cambios durante meses porque est\u00e1bamos estresadas.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Nos preocupaba que trasladaran a mi hermano a un lugar m\u00e1s lejano o que se quedara sin una escuela que pudiera atender sus necesidades.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ella me daba actualizaciones de c\u00f3mo los compa\u00f1eros de clase de mi hermano se cambiaban de escuela o estaban en el proceso de hacerlo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y not\u00f3 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoreporter.com\/how-will-cps-changes-affect-special-education-in-chicago\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">menos estudiantes con necesidades especiales asisten a clases tras los recortes presupuestarios.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solo habl\u00e1bamos de la incertidumbre en lugar de enviar un mensaje directo a la junta escolar porque no nos sent\u00edamos con el poder de presionar por un cambio administrativo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Siempre se sinti\u00f3 como si las personas que no hab\u00edan aprendido a hablar el idioma ingl\u00e9s fueran ignoradas.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esa falta de acceso afect\u00f3 mi educaci\u00f3n. Mi experiencia con CPS fue diferente cada a\u00f1o. Sent\u00eda ansiedad porque nunca sab\u00eda qu\u00e9 esperar.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; los nervios eran normales, pero tambi\u00e9n se basaban en experiencias previas en el aula.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Estaba lleno de pesimismo y siempre esperaba que sucediera lo peores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nunca tom\u00e9 clases biling\u00fces, as\u00ed que toda mi tarea era en ingl\u00e9s y le era dif\u00edcil a mi mam\u00e1 ayudarme.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> En el jard\u00edn de ni\u00f1os, saqu\u00e9 mi primera F porque no entendimos las instrucciones de mi tarea.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">C\u00f3mo un colectivo de liberaci\u00f3n femenina practica la atenci\u00f3n comunitaria<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/april-alonso\/\" title=\"Ver todas las entradas de April Alonso\">Abril Alonso<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">13 de mayo de 2021<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me cost\u00f3 mucho la transici\u00f3n a la escuela secundaria porque carec\u00eda de los recursos y del conocimiento sobre los programas acad\u00e9micos para decidir adecuadamente a qu\u00e9 escuelas postularme.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Investigu\u00e9 las mismas escuelas que mis compa\u00f1eros. Mis padres no ten\u00edan idea de qu\u00e9 escuelas me beneficiar\u00edan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sent\u00ed que estaba solo para resolverlo.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al mirar atr\u00e1s, esas experiencias me definieron como estudiante de primera generaci\u00f3n y es posible que sea similar para otros.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"seeking-representation\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buscando representaci\u00f3n\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mi mam\u00e1 siempre me ha ense\u00f1ado a mirar m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo que me ense\u00f1aron en la escuela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A medida que crec\u00ed, me di cuenta de que las barreras sist\u00e9micas limitaban la buena educaci\u00f3n.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> No se trataba solo de lenguaje, sino de representaci\u00f3n.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Una buena educaci\u00f3n permite a los estudiantes explorar perspectivas en la historia. No debemos centrarnos en una sola lente. Necesitamos examinar las diferentes lentes que cada evento hist\u00f3rico tiene para ofrecer y c\u00f3mo impact\u00f3 en diversas facetas de esa \u00e9poca.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not\u00e9 que hab\u00eda muchas historias que no se enfocaban en perspectivas que yo pudiera compartir. Pienso que de alguna manera siempre exclu\u00eda las voces hispanas \u2014al menos no se centraban en ellas\u2014 y comenc\u00e9 a investigar la historia hispana en los Estados Unidos o en M\u00e9xico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No fue sino hasta mi pen\u00faltimo a\u00f1o de la preparatoria que comenc\u00e9 a aprender sobre la historia ind\u00edgena de M\u00e9xico y su colonizaci\u00f3n. Creo que muchos estudiantes no conoc\u00edan esa historia de antemano a menos que la buscaran por su cuenta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aprender\u00eda sobre mi cultura pregunt\u00e1ndole a mi mam\u00e1 sobre su \u00e1rbol geneal\u00f3gico y nuestra historia familiar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tambi\u00e9n tuve la suerte de estudiar en una escuela diversa donde pude conocer a personas que estaban interesadas en esa historia y tener conversaciones al respecto con ellas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creo que el entorno juega un papel muy importante en el \u00e9xito de los estudiantes. Es posible que experimenten menos ansiedad si est\u00e1n rodeados de personas con antecedentes similares.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"voting-for-change\">Votar por el cambio<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Todo el tiempo que pas\u00e9 con mi madre mientras luchaba por mi hermano<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> me ha motivado a abogar por un aumento en los financiamiento para los servicios de necesidades especiales en estas elecciones<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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cada voto cuenta.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Es m\u00e1s importante ahora, ya que estamos en un momento tan divisivo y finalmente se nos da la opci\u00f3n de dar nuestra voz y opiniones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esta historia forma parte de la serie de tres partes de Borderless Magazine, M\u00e1s all\u00e1 del aula, que destaca las experiencias de padres, estudiantes y educadores que navegan por las intersecciones de la inmigraci\u00f3n, la educaci\u00f3n y la vida c\u00edvica.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La historia fue producida con el apoyo de Press Forward \u2014una iniciativa que invierte en noticias e informaci\u00f3n local\u2014 y utiliza el m\u00e9todo colaborativo \"as-told-to\" de Borderless Magazine. Para saber c\u00f3mo elaboramos historias como estas, consulta nuestro <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/segun-el-metodo\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explicaci\u00f3n visual<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samantha Monje es estudiante de periodismo en Northwestern University y pasante de Pathways en Borderless Magazine. 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