One Year of Continuity

An opinion column by Tiar-El Cohen addressing the gap between the urgent need to fortify educational institutions in the north and the bureaucratic reality. The writer describes about 250 kindergartens that started the school year without full fortification, pointing to the lack of clear authority and available budget as the main cause of the delay. She calls for the establishment of a dedicated execution track to shorten the path from approval to implementation.

An opinion column by Tiar-El Cohen, president and founder of the Kedma organization, addressing the gap between the recognition of the urgent need to fortify educational institutions in the north and the bureaucratic reality delaying implementation. The writer opens with a statement from a mother in Kfar Vradim, who asked for her children 'one year of educational continuity,' and elaborates on the meaning of this continuity for the children of the north. She notes that about 250 kindergartens in the north, from border communities to the Krayot, started the school year without full fortification. The writer brings the words of Amit Sofer, head of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council, who warned that the council's fortification requests were approved more than six months ago by the Ministry of Defense, but the budget has not yet been transferred. The column points to the lack of clear authority as the main problem: fortifying a kindergarten is determined by Home Front Command standards, budgeted by the Treasury, executed through the Ministry of Defense, and relies on the local authority, with no entity bearing responsibility for the outcome. The writer calls for the establishment of a dedicated execution track to shorten the path from approval to implementation, similar to the Tekuma Directorate established in the western Negev. She emphasizes that this is a shared national mission that is not political or partisan.