THE KIDS AREN'T ALL RIGHT: Over 50 NYC Schools Missing At Least Half Their Students Since Returning From Winter Break

NEW YORK POST: More than 50 city schools had at least half of their students absent Thursday amid an ongoing Department of Education attendance crisis.

Hundreds of thousands of the city’s roughly one million public school kids have yet to enter a classroom since the end of winter break, forcing Mayor Eric Adams and schools Chancellor David Banks to reconsider a remote learning option this week.

“There is no learning happening in these schools,” said teacher Lydia Howrilka, noting schools are having to combine classes due to low attendance and that hallways in many DOE buildings are noticeably quiet.

A veteran Brooklyn teacher said some kids are passing on class for now, at least in part, because so many of their regular teachers are out of action.

“Kids see the sub for a few days and figure it’s not real school and they check out,” she said.

Scores of struggling city campuses have seen more than half of their kids vanish in the new semester.

Independence High School had only 19 percent of its 300 kids show up Thursday, according to DOE numbers.

At the Lower Manhattan Arts Academy, 66 percent of 346 students were in the wind.

About 73 percent of kids at Judith Kaye High School in Manhattan were missing....

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