New York City schools are grappling with a spike in discipline problems among children, evidence that the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic are having lingering effects, educators and experts say.
Most of the misconduct involves lower-level disturbances that educators and advocates say show that many students are still having a hard time emotionally after the stress of the pandemic.
Despite a handful of high-profile episodes 鈥 at least two students were slashed at Port Richmond High School in Staten Island this week, for example 鈥 student arrests account for a small percentage of discipline incidents, according to the Police Department.
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