Jumaane Williams demands schools clear families probed for skipping online school
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May 15, 2020
Jumaane Williams, New York City’s watchdog is demanding answers from education officials following a report from The City that some parents received visits from child welfare investigators while waiting to get remote-learning equipment for their kids.
He sent a May 4 letter addressed to Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza acknowledging the “difficulty inherent in quickly transitioning the country’s largest school system” during the coronavirus pandemic.
he also asked that any reports called in be “purged” from the state child neglect and maltreatment registry — and “not be admissible in any pending court, housing, employment, or other matters that could adversely impact children and families.”
We’re looking to hear what the DOE has to say.”
The letter has yet to be acknowledged by City Hall.
