THE BRONX, New York— The COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States extremely hard, beginning with New York. As a result all New York State schools have been closed since mid-March and students have instead engaged in remote learning. Everyday students at The Bronx High School of Science, a prestigious high school for “special” students, are required to check in with the school using an attendance form to report that they are present. The school determined that the attendance form would be emailed to students everyday at 7 A.M. sharp, however recent evidence shows that this was a blatant lie.

          On May 22 students patiently waited for the attendance form at 7 A.M. Despite the form remaining open until 4 P.M., the students at Bronx Science are exceptionally tryhard by reputation, and many of them try to report their attendance right on time as though there is some reward for doing so (there isn’t). Students continued to wait to receive the form from the school’s administration until seemingly hours later when the form was finally sent at 7:38 A.M. This delay in the system caused complaints from many students and parents who believe the administration is trying to delay the attendance form on purpose so that they do not have to record teachers’ salaries for the day until students check in.

          Some students are extremely affected by this delay however, and intend to sue the school for false information. The Rikers Times reached out to students about the issue. One tenth grader at the prestigious institution stated, “I stay up all night waiting for that attendance form and then I go to sleep. When the administration didn’t send it on time I was afraid I would not be able to sleep that day. The fact that they sent it 38 minutes late completely threw off my sleep schedule.” The Rikers Times also reached out to the school’s administration for comment, and reached Ms. Kathleen Buckley the CEO of Attendance, who only said, “I forgot bruh idk.” Whatever the case may be, a forgetful attendance office or a larger money laundering scandal, the school has to get it together or risks being sued by parents and students in uproar.