Early this week, parents and students at James Madison High School in Brooklyn were told that they would no longer be allowed to attend class and would be forced into online “learning” after Mayor Eric Adams sent thousands of illegal immigrants to shelter in the school’s gym. The school is now canceling its dances, concerts, special events, and sports programs because of the mayor’s edict.
Adams began sending up to 2,000 illegal aliens to the school on Tuesday, Jan. 9, spurring James Madison High School Principal Jodie Cohen to notify parents that their children will be forced into “remote learning,” which has been found to be detrimental and dangerous to the education of children.
The buses immediately began emptying illegal aliens from Floyd Bennett Field even as parents of the school’s students were discovering that their children would no longer be welcome in their own school.
BREAKING: @JMHSBklyn has informed parents that tomorrow classes will be remote. Why? Because a group of 2,000 illegal aliens are being transferred to NYC and will be sleeping in the school’s gym.
Americans are being deprived of an education to cater to illegals.
Council member… pic.twitter.com/zvmkCs8ocx
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 9, 2024
The principal’s note also pointed out that sports were canceled and that practices for the school’s various teams were to be put to an end.
Along with all that, the latest development parents were informed about was that the school’s annual winter dance has also been canceled, according to LibsOfTikTok:
BREAKING: Not only did James Madison High School cancel in person classes today to make room for illegals, they also postponed indefinitely the highly anticipated annual Winter Wonderland Event which was supposed to take place today.
Illegals are given first priority over our… pic.twitter.com/PzWMvf2FXV
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 10, 2024
A backlash is building against city hall as parents begin to organize to protest the shutting down of their local high school.
“It’s inexcusable to do this to the students of New York City high schools, especially after all they’ve been through with COVID,” one parent said, according to CBS News.
“They have to come up with another solution. They cannot do this to school kids,” another parent said.
Parent Alina, who did not want to give her last name to the media, said she is “very angry” that Adams “put our children last” to prioritize migrants.
City officials are claiming that the situation is temporary and they will not use James Madison High School as a shelter again.
Migrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field arrive at James Madison High School on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City during a storm on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. (Gardiner Anderson for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
“While families are already in the process of temporarily being relocated, the city will ensure that essential services and the highest level of support are provided to all impacted by this decision,” the Adams administration said in a statement, as the families were being moved to the school, NBC News reported.
The school also suffered a bomb threat at the school on Wednesday,
Zach Iscol, the commissioner of New York City Emergency Management, blasted the terroristic threat, saying, “These actions are not only deplorable, they’re also criminal offenses.”
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