Chris White Tech Reporter
September 12, 2019 4:32 PM ET
New York’s public schools announced Thursday afternoon that they will excuse students who plan on attending various climate strikes throughout the city.
“@NYCschools will excuse absences of students participating in the #ClimateStrike on Friday 9/20,” the NYC Public School’s Twitter account notes. “Students will need parental consent. Younger students can only leave school with a parent.”
“We applaud our students when they raise their voices in a safe and respectful manner on issues that matter to them,” the account adds. “Young people around the world are joining the #ClimateStrike this week—showing that student action will lead us forward.”
The school account retweeted Mayor Bill de Blasio, who posted a tweet Thursday morning announcing the decision.(RELATED: ‘Worst Mayor Ever’: Protesters Drown Out Bill De Blasio At His Own Climate Change Event)
The New York Democrat published a tweet earlier in the day praising kids who wish to give up a day to protest climate change.
“We have ten years to save the planet. TEN YEARS. Today’s leaders are making decisions for our environment that our kids will have to live with,” said de Blasio, who is one of roughly 20 Democrats running for president.
Activists with a group called ActionNetwork helped kickstart the the so-called climate strike, which is scheduled to take place Sept. 20 through the 27th.
“Scientists say we have 10 years to stop the climate crisis,” ActionNetwork noted in a statement on its website, mirroring the point de Blasio made in his tweet. “And yet, for the last 40 years, our political leaders have done almost nothing to protect our generation’s future.”
De Blasio has not responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment about whether the mayor plans on attending one of the strikes.
Students and teachers interested in science and the scientific method will be pleased. Should be more of it getting rid of the Gretas as much as possible.
We ARE changing. We are becoming more and more stupid, dependent and without thought. I’m guessing that’s not what the loser with the sign means…..Or may it is.
Can’t help but think…
No pressure! right?:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=no+pressure+red+button+climate+children&&view=detail&mid=D769A9A3A599FBCA791AD769A9A3A599FBCA791A&&FORM=VRDGAR
In an unusual development, for those choosing NOT to attend the climate “strike”, their names will go on a special list for “special” treatment later. Teachers even now are getting their big red buttons ready.
Last year our local school district decided to support those students who wanted to protest gun violence.
Instead of simply excusing those who decided to walk-out, the school decided that all students would be required to walk out so that teachers could supervise them. They notified all students and parents that attempts to remain in class would not be tolerated, and any student attempting to do so would be subject to disciplinary action.
All student protests are equal, some are just more equal than others
Q: The climate in changing; why aren’t we?
A: You are, but you’re too ignorant and young to know it.
If I were in high school, I would be a lot more concerned over the $22,000,000,000 (and growing) debt that’s been piled onto my generation than a degree or so of added temperature to the climate.
… another testament to the dreadful state of public schools.
School teachers are climate-reality dumb.
School administrators are climate-reality dumb.
School students are climate-reality dumb.
… all enabled by climate-reality-dumb city leaders.
Better idea: Don’t strike — just close down the schools, and declare a holiday dedicated to climate-reality dumbness. Make it a street fest, with clowns and musicians and food and beer. Never mind education. Let’s just parteh! … Whoohoo!!
We only had 10 or 12 years to “save the planet” 30 or so years ago. (You know, until around the time that they said the North Pole would be ice free.)
If these kids are so concerned about climate inaction, why don’t they do their demonstrating after school, on weekends, and holidays?
These uninformed climate justice worriers time would be better spent cleaning up the litter along their march route. Make it special, plant some trees to suck up some of the CO2 they know nothing about.
After that, heavy detention for truancy, and homework on the IPCC report.
I suspect that letting kids out of school to protest (whatever) who don’t want to be in school anyway is cheaper than busing in the usual paid protesters to protest (whatever).
“The New York Democrat published a tweet earlier in the day praising kids who wish to give up a day to protest climate change.
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Praising kids who give up a day of school? I guess the Mayor was born an adult. I’ve never met a kid who was not thrilled to give up a day at school.
Everyone talks about leaving a better planet for our kids, maybe we should leave better kids for our planet… because the way things are going, the ones coming up are going to destroy it, hearing about manipulated data and accepting it like “gospel” and not questioning it.
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The NYC public schools budget for 2019 is $34 Billion Dollars.
The school leaders just announced a day off for the climate protest.
There are 180 days in the NYC public school year.
$34 Billion / 180 days = $189 MILLION dollars.
Nice work if you can get it, just make an announcement, and flush nearly $200 Million dollars down the drain.
It’s not much of a strike if they give you permission to do so. The point of a strike is to disrupt an organization enough that they’ll make this or that change. After this ‘strike’ nothing will change. It is just theater.