Pandemic-Induced Enrollment Spikes? Not Yet, Local School Officials Say - 27 East

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Pandemic-Induced Enrollment Spikes? Not Yet, Local School Officials Say

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The field at Pierson-Middle High School. KELLY ZEGERS

The field at Pierson-Middle High School. KELLY ZEGERS

authorStephen J. Kotz on May 27, 2020
One of the urban legends accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic has been that wealthy New Yorkers are fleeing the city, pulling their children out of expensive private schools, and enrolling them... more

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