NYC seventh-grader demands DOE boss to drop bizarre schedule
NY Post
Hey, teacher, leave them kids at home!
A 12-year-old Brooklyn student is leading the charge in demanding the city Department of Education drop a bizarre scheduling plan that requires students to show up for a one-day school week before Christmas break.
Isaac Regnier, a seventh-grader at IS 96 in Bensonhurst, started an online petition drive two weeks ago that has already garnered over 6,400 signatures calling on Chancellor David Banks to “Fix the NYC Schools Calendar.”
Isaac’s ingenious plan: cancel class on Monday, Dec. 23 – the day before winter break begins – and make it up by extending the academic year by one day, to Friday, June 27.
“I know it’s not an easy job with so many holidays on the school calendar. (I have them memorized.) But I hope it’s not too late to avoid a silly one-day week,” says the petition.
During an interview from his Bay Ridge home, Isaac said he’s always been interested in calendars — and was flabbergasted to see the DOE scheduled the one-day school week.
