Back in July, I wrote about a case prior to its going to the Office of State Review. Through the twists and turns of the process, the State Review Officer (“SRO”) reduced our complex appeal to a single question: We were, in essence, asked to prove that remote, video educational programming was equal in quality to live classroom instruction.
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In the beginning of the 2019 school year, the issue of school buses was front and center in New York City.
There were a number of horror stories that surfaced in the news about children who were picked up and dropped off at the wrong place; kids sitting on hot buses for hours; and school bus routes that were in general disarray.
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COVID-19 has created a tremendous amount of uncertainty, and understandably so — not since the Spanish Flu has a pandemic so thoroughly interrupted our daily lives. This sobering state of affairs gives us a new perspective on how precarious our lives, and livelihoods, can be — even here in the United States. Before this, I am sure that many of us thought of ourselves as being protected from this kind of instability. If nothing else, then, I hope that this crisis pricks our collective conscience and spurs lasting, systemic reforms to our economy and healthcare system. Indeed, working parents had too much to worry about before this pandemic.
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Foremost on everyone’s mind is COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus. Restaurants and gyms are closing down, Mayor DeBlasio is contemplating a “Shelter in place” order, and some parents have asked us what our plans are at Gottlieb & Gottlieb.
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