'No More Snow Days' In New York And Twitter Is Not Happy: 'Most Foul Thing'

New York's public school system will continue to host remote learning days in place of snow days for the upcoming academic year, the head of the city's education department announced.

Technically, there are no longer snow days, New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks said during a Tuesday appearance on the television show "Good Day New York."

"With the new technology that we have - that's one of the good things that came out of COVID - if a snow day comes around, we want to make sure that our kids continue to learn," the official was quoted as saying by the New York Post.

"So, sorry kids! No more snow days, but it's gonna be good for you!" he added.

Banks made the announcement before New York City's new academic year starts Thursday.

Students in New York City first shifted to remote learning instead of having a day off during bouts of extreme winter weather back in 2020, and the policy was rolled out again in the next academic year.

The New York City Department of Education considers and reassesses its policies each year, a spokesperson told The Post.

Banks' Tuesday announcement drew many comments from Twitter users.

"Kids definitely have it rougher today. Some of my favorite childhood memories were snow days," two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author Jake Bernstein wrote.

"[New York City] removing snow days is the most foul thing you can do with the advancement of technology," another user said in an apparent response to Banks' claim that current technology enables kids to continue learning even during bad weather.

The decision to continue remote learning days in place of snow days comes after a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court earlier this year alleged that low-income kids had to rely on faulty laptops and tablets from the NYCDOE amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

There was also an issue with the rollout of computers and tablets within the first year of the pandemic, according to a July 2021 audit conducted by the Office of Comptroller of New York City.

The NYCDOE did not respond to The Post's query on how the department planned to ensure this year's remote learning days would roll out without any glitches.

New York City has reported 2,386,446 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 36,023 virus-related deaths, publicly available government data showed.