{"id":453013,"date":"2021-04-25T15:21:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T19:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=453013"},"modified":"2021-04-25T15:21:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T19:21:35","slug":"new-york-city-schools-are-reopening-but-a-staggering-number-of-students-are-still-out-of-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-schools-are-reopening-but-a-staggering-number-of-students-are-still-out-of-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Schools Are Reopening, But A Staggering Number Of Students Are Still Out Of The Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-city-schools-are-reopening-but-a-staggering-number-of-students-are-still-out-of-the-classroom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=453013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3702.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Over the last year, politicians on both sides of the aisle have debated about whether or not America\u2019s youth should be returning to the classroom. Students were pulled out of school and forced to partake in \u201cvirtual learning\u201d because of the COVID pandemic. Now that America seems on track to tackle the pandemic, schools across the nation are reopening. But, in the nation\u2019s pandemic epicenter, New York City, a large majority of students are opting to continue remote learning.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Wall Street Journal, 51,000 students returned to school on Monday for the first time since the U.S. went on lockdown. But 61% of the city\u2019s students \u2013 582,000 students \u2013 will continue learning virtually. NYC has the largest school system in America, with almost one million students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany students took a pass on returning to classrooms during the final opt-in period of the school year. Some are worried about their health and safety and commuting, some have to take care of siblings, some are working at jobs, and some have just gotten into a routine learning remotely, teachers and parents say,\u201d the WSJ reported.<\/p>\n<p>At least one teacher, Peter O\u2019Donnell, believes students and families will continue to choose remote learning as long as it\u2019s offered. The only way to get back to a pre-COVID \u201cnormal\u201d is to remove that option, O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n<p>Part of that, O\u2019Donnell explained, is because students have become accustomed to online schooling and the freedom it gives them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany are just creating other lives for themselves,\u201d he explained to the Journal. \u201cI don\u2019t think they have to be up at midnight, and I don\u2019t think they should be working 30 hours a week, but a lot of them are doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Candace Hugee, a principal in Brooklyn, said that out of the school\u2019s 350 students, only 40 have decided to return to in-person instruction. The driving factor behind the decision is based on childcare needs. Older kids, especially those who are in high school, typically babysit their younger siblings while their parents are at work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA school offers the same classes online and in-person,\u201d Hugee said. \u201cYou don\u2019t have enough teachers to have them do double duty. So some students say, \u2018If I\u2019m going to still come here and sit on a computer, I might as well do that at home.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some parents, like Gwendolyn Livingstone, have seen the benefits of virtual learning. It\u2019s something she wants to see remain intact, even after the pandemic ends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they\u2019re home, they can be one on one with you,\u201d she told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/education\/ny-future-of-remote-learning-nyc-20210422-vsetdyaaa5bptodnl5rbakwrha-story.html\">New York Daily News<\/a>. \u201cThey don\u2019t have to be worrying about the hustle and bustle [of school]. They can take a break when they need to, talk to the teachers when they need to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be an option\u201d for virtual learning, Livingstone said. \u201cIt should be like that forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is working on a plan for all schools to reopen in-person instruction this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to speak for all parents. We know that some of them may still have tremendous sensitivity and concern, and we are going to work with that,\u201d de Blasio said last week. \u201cBut the goal is if every single one of our million children showed up, that we would be ready to accommodate that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re preparing for the possibility that some parents may still want remote,\u201d he said. \u201cEither a kid\u2019s in school five days a week period, or they\u2019re remote five days a week, no more blended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics worry about the impact that virtual learning, especially when made permanent, will have on children. The lack of social interaction during COVID lockdowns has resulted in mental health issues and a number of kids committing suicide.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/san-francisco-students-are-committing-suicide-at-an-alarming-rate-now-the-city-is-suing-its-schools\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported, the children\u2019s hospital at the University of California-San Francisco saw a 66% uptick in emergency room visits for suicidal children and a 75% increase in the number of kids who were booked for mental health services. In Dane County, Wisconsin, the number of suicides rose 90% between March and October 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-really-hard-to-cope-youth-suicides-skyrocket-nearly-90-in-wisconsin-county\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported. It\u2019s for that very reason former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cdc-director-threat-of-suicide-drugs-flu-to-youth-far-greater-than-covid\">advocated<\/a> for schools to reopen last fall.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last year, politicians on both sides of the aisle have debated about whether or not America\u2019s youth should be returning to the classroom. 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