New York City’s public school students will be deprived of their much-coveted snow days – perhaps forever, an education official said.
“There are technically no more snow days,” David C. Banks, the city’s Department of Education chancellor, said on
“Good Day New York.”
He explained that the remote-learning technology implemented during the coronavirus pandemic will allow students to continue their studies on days when the snow is too heavy for them to commute to school – when kids might have ordinarily gone sledding with their friends.
“So, sorry kids – no more snow days, but it’s going to be good for you!” he said.
Just heard on NPR that in NYC there will no longer be snow days because of remote learning. Add it to the list of things covid stole from us. What a devastating blow to children everywhere.
— Abby Skujina (@abimickey) September 7, 2022
So sad! No snow days on NYC? So much learning happens on those days! Socializing w friends, spending time w family, estimating the slopes of hills and corresponding velocity, oral language development upon return of playing outside in snow! Rich opps ( and joy!) lost for sure! https://t.co/CcRX8hykfi
— Gayle Beavil (@Gaylebeavil) September 8, 2022
