The roughly 65 new students arrived at the South Bronx school in need of clothes, medical help, and school supplies. Some had severe anxiety and panicked when apart from their families.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.A South Bronx school has welcomed dozens of asylum seekers this month, setting off a scramble to meet the needs of students living in shelters after their traumatic journeys to the southern border of the U.S.
“As she told me, her eyes welled up and my eyes welled up and I was just like, ‘Oh my gosh, how do I even, how do I even start?’” Miele said. Andrea Ortiz, the senior manager of education policy at the New York Immigration Coalition, said the administration’s push to enroll children in public school was a good start, but that she’s waiting to see a long term plan for schools that receive asylum seekers.
“They’re so afraid that they’re gonna drop it,” Miele said. “But most of them have no idea how to navigate the iPad to do school work.” Some asylum-seeking students suffer from extreme separation anxiety. To address the problem, teachers allowed siblings in different grades to visit each other during class.
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