Students at several high schools in New York City coordinated a walkout from classes on Tuesday to call for remote learning, protesting what they say are unsafe learning conditions inside school buildings as COVID cases surge.
“Students like me that have parents that are immunocompromised, students that are themselves immunocompromised, I can't imagine how anxious they are to go into a building and feel like they're putting their lives at risk every day,” said Sarah Ismile, a 16-year-old student standing outside Brooklyn Tech.
“Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our school communities, and we’ve doubled in-school testing and deployed 5 million rapid tests to quickly identify cases, stop transmission, and safely keep schools open. Student voice is key and we’ll continue to listen to and work closely with those most impacted by our decisions — our students,” said DOE spokesperson Katie O’Hanlon in a statement.
“We have students that come from all five boroughs. And we also take many different types of public transport. And there's also no social distancing in our classrooms, or staircases or hallways, and there are a lot of different avenues that COVID can transmit between students, and it's ultimately not a safe place for students to be,” Chan said.11,825 cases among students, or about 1.2% of the 930,000-person student body. There were 2,298 cases among staff reported.
Sarah said without enough staff, she’s not learning at all: “I think that my education right now … it's not really being prioritized,” she said. “We're prioritizing just having schools open and coming to school, whereas teachers aren't really able to provide a full day of instruction to a half class of students. That's not what's happening.”
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