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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

One of the funniest parts of election day now is the NBA takes the day off, but the NHL doesn't give a ####.

Ah! But not the Kids in Private School!!

An uber-woke, $65K-a-year New York City private school will allow “emotionally distressed” students to skip class the day after the election next week — in an eyebrow-raising move that drew ire from parents, including comedian Jerry Seinfeld, whose kids once attended the elite institution.

The upcoming presidential election “may be a high-stakes and emotional time” for students, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School administration wrote in a newsletter to parents titled “Election Day support.”

Students will not be assigned homework on Election Day and there will not be any assessments on Wednesday, the email obtained by The Post explained.

Kids will also be allowed “excused absences” on Wednesday or whenever the election results are announced if they feel unable to “fully engage in classes,” according to the note, which was first reported by The New York Times.

The announcement prompted eye-rolls from parents, including Seinfeld, 70, who told the Times that decisions like this are what forced him and his wife to transfer their own son out of the out-of-touch prep school, nestled in the leafy and affluent Bronx suburb of Riverdale.

“This is why the kids hated it. What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people?” he scoffed.

“To encourage them to buckle. This is the lesson they are providing, for ungodly sums of money.”

https://nypost.com/2024/11/01/us-new...fter-election/