{"id":565897,"date":"2020-12-09T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T22:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/?post_type=article&p=565897"},"modified":"2020-12-09T16:58:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T21:58:26","slug":"adams-if-the-needs-of-the-many-outweigh-the-needs-of-the-few-why-isnt-nyc-focusing-on-kids-who-are-learning-remotely","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/adams-if-the-needs-of-the-many-outweigh-the-needs-of-the-few-why-isnt-nyc-focusing-on-kids-who-are-learning-remotely\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams: If the Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few, Why Isn’t NYC Focusing on Kids Who are Learning Remotely?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A version of this essay originally appeared on the New York School Talk <\/em>blog<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he Sunday of Thanksgiving, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio unexpectedly held a press conference<\/a> to announce the school reopening plan he\u2019d promised the previous Wednesday but then said would be coming sometime in early December. (Got that?)<\/p>\n

Hizzoner proclaimed that while middle and high schools would remain closed, elementary schools and District 75 programs for special needs students would open Dec. 7 and 10, respectively. What\u2019s more, he promised that hybrid learning was being phased out, and those who had opted for in-person learning<\/a> would soon be getting it five days a week.<\/p>\n

Some parents rejoiced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Others were furious. As this dad wrote me:<\/p>\n

This is absolutely outrageous. How can he possibly justify limiting 5-day a week in-person schooling only to those children whose parents had chosen the hybrid option when the choice was hybrid vs. fully remote. We chose to stay fully remote because the hybrid model was not worth the risk and the disruption just for 3 days of in-school learning every 2 weeks (which is what our school offered). If we had known the choice was 5 days per week in person learning vs. fully remote, we likely would have chosen differently. And I\u2019m sure many parents are at the same point. Absolutely outrageous<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the end, all were lied to.<\/p>\n

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1. Most schools will not go 5 days a week bc Staffing and space is not there.
2. Ppl also forget, that #1 heavily depends on HOW MANY FAMILIES R REMOTE in the school. So if you want your kids to go 5 days a week, ask more families to go remote. #thingsthemayorisntsaying<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/Pm1RQx8Kk1<\/a><\/p>\n

— Naomi Pe\u00f1a ???? (@NaomiPenaNYC) December 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n