Brian Lairer on WNYC for the last 10 minutes or so of the show today we're going to lighten up,

certainly in comparison to that, and come back to one of the things that's going on in New York

City today, differently

from elsewhere in the region with respect to the show. It's that New York City kids do not

have a snow day, per se. They have a remote learning day because of the snow. So we're going to

open up the phones for anybody involved right now to tell us how it's going.

You probably haven't done remote school in a while.

212-433 W-NYC, 212, 433-9-6-9-2.

As a reminder, New York City ended its traditional snow day system during the 2022-2020 school year.

Here's Mayor Mamdani yesterday announcing that schools will be remote, not closed, today, and acknowledging what a bummer that is.

And I know that this may disappoint some students.

So if you do see me, feel free to throw a snowball

at me.

Ha ha ha, even though that snow that fell didn't pack very well, maybe that was his defense mechanism.

So to those of you supervising remote learning today, or maybe some kids who might be on lunch break,

how is remote learning going? Do you miss having a snow day or not really?

How does remote learning compare to being in school? Is it easier or harder?

212-433 WNYC, 212-433-9-692. Let's take your reports on remote learning and also your feelings about it. Some schools

were worried about connectivity issues I see, thinking thousands of students logging on at the same

time might cause a problem. Any issues? So far this morning, for anyone listening right now

who's participating, parents or students, we can take your calls on what's going well and what's going not so well.

Maybe some of you are using listening to the Brian Laird show as an educational moment with your kids at home, hearing about, you know, what's going on in Minnesota as a public affairs lesson or anything else.

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