{"id":2045,"date":"2020-11-18T21:48:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=2045"},"modified":"2020-11-18T21:48:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:48:59","slug":"statement-from-speaker-corey-johnson-on-public-school-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2020\/11\/18\/2045\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Speaker Corey Johnson on Public School Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is a devastating moment for New York City.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2020\/10\/15\/2028\/\">Through the Council\u2019s oversight<\/a>, we know that remote learning is failing many of our most vulnerable students, including special education students, those who live in homeless shelters, and those&nbsp;from low-income neighborhoods. We also know that many students do not have the devices they need for remote learning, while others are waiting on Wi-Fi.&nbsp;This was unacceptable in the hybrid learning model and catastrophic now that we are going fully remote. The City needs a detailed plan to keep all students\u2019 learning on track. This should have been done already, but since it hasn\u2019t, they must move quickly to put a plan in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe de Blasio Administration also needs to present the public with a reopening plan. This has been a disaster for parents and caregivers. The least the Administration can do is to be honest about what to expect going forward.\u201d<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is a devastating moment for New York City.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2020\/10\/15\/2028\/\">Through the Council\u2019s oversight<\/a>, we know that remote learning is failing many of our most vulnerable students, including special education students, those who live in homeless shelters, and those&nbsp;from low-income neighborhoods. We also know that many students do not have the devices they need for remote learning, while others are waiting on Wi-Fi.&nbsp;This was unacceptable in the hybrid learning model and catastrophic now that we are going fully remote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2020\/11\/18\/2045\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}