Jerry Seinfeld rips woke NYC private school where his kids attended for allowing distressed students to skip class day after election

An uber-woke $65K-a-year New York City private school will allow “emotionally distressed” students to skip class the day after the election next week – a move that drew ire from comedian Jerry Seinfeld, whose kids once attended the elite institution.In an email titled “Election Day support,” Ethical Culture Fieldston School head Stacey Bobo vowed to “create space to provide students with the support they may need” in the wake of the White House race, The New York Times reported.

Students will not be assigned homework on Election Day, and there will be not assessments on Wednesday, Bobo explained.Kids will also be allowed excused absences on Wednesday or whenever the election results are announced if they feel unable to “fully engage in classes.” Seinfeld, 70, told the Times that decisions like this are what forced him and his wife to transfer their own kids out of the prep school.

“This is why the kids hated it.What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people?” he scoffed.

“To encourage them to buckle.This is the lesson they are providing, for ungodly sums of money.”...