‘Virtually’ no fans of remote learning in NYC, according to poll

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s experiment with virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic scored some poor grades from Democratic voters in a poll commissioned by The Post.

A broad plurality of respondents — 44.8 percent — said their family’s experiences left them “not satisfied,” while just 15.8 percent said they were “extremely satisfied,” according to the survey conducted by McLaughlin & Associates.

NYC remote learning poll.
Only 15.8 percent of those polled said they were “extremely satisfied,” with the situation.
This file photo from Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, shows first-grade teacher Megan Garner-Jones, left, and Principal Cynthia Eisner silent clap for their students participating remotely and in-person at School 16, in Yonkers, N.Y.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has said there will not be remote learning for the next school year.
Mary Altaffer/AP

On a scale of zero to 10, the largest segment of respondents — 18.7 percent — chose a middling five and 10.8 percent gave virtual learning a goose egg.

“Remote learning was a joke. It was an unmitigated disaster,” said Sam Pirozzolo, vice president of the NYC Parents Union.

De Blasio has said there will be no virtual learning during the next school year.

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