The New York (NY) City Education Department has announced that it will accept the "School Strike" on the 20th, when children from all over the world are absent from school to appeal for climate change measures. Desbrau Mayor said on Twitter, “The city is with young people. They are our (NY) conscience”.
The school strike was started by a Swedish environmental activist Greta Tumberg (16) alone in August last year and spread around the world. Greta, who will attend the United Nations headquarters climate summit on the 23rd, is staying in the United States, and will join the NY school strike on the 20th.
NY City Education Bureau is the largest regional educational administration in the United States. It has jurisdiction over 1840 public schools where 1,35,000 students from 5 to 12 years old (3rd year high school students in Japan) attend. “We want to give applause for students to speak out in a safe and modest manner on issues that are relevant to them. Children ’s actions lead us into the future. "I clearly showed the attitude to support."
However, the school itself is not closed, and students who participate in school strikes are allowed only if they have parental consent. (New York = Manabu Fujiwara)
