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The Bronx Parent Leaders Advocacy Group
Statement on the Reopening of Schools Without a Remote Option
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The Bronx Parent Leaders Advocacy Group is Not opposed to the normal-as-possible reopening of schools in September, but given that we are still in a pandemic, the Bronx Parent Leaders Advocacy Group is opposed to the reopening of schools without a remote option for families who may need it or desire it. Once again, the Mayor of New York City and the Chancellor of New York City Schools have taken it upon themselves to make the decision to affect the lives of 1.1 million students and their families without first speaking to those families. That is unconscionable, egregious, dismissive of the concerns of parents and downright wrong. 60% of our students were kept home by their parents, in spite of the fact that the Mayor then informed parents that the schools were safe and that parents wanted their children in schools for myriad reasons. Have the Mayor and the Chancellor spoken to these parents? Have the Mayor and the Chancellor addressed the concerns of these parents? Or do the Mayor and the Chancellor plan to brow beat and bully these parents into submission – since the decision to reopen schools without a remote option was made without the input of these parents?
