Seinfeld Blasts Elite NYC Private School for Keeping Students Home After Election

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has blasted an elite New York City private school for letting students stay home if they feel “too emotionally distressed” to attend classes after the election. The Ethical Culture Fieldston School will not assign homework on election day and excused absences are permitted on Wednesday or whichever day the results are announced, New York Times reported. The school, which has three campuses and costs more than $65,500 a year to attend, will also make psychologists available to students during the week. It is likely to be a “high-stakes and emotional time” regardless of who wins, the school told parents. Seinfeld’s two sons attended Fieldston, though he told it Times that his family could not tolerate decisions like the mildness of election day. His younger son moved in eighth grade. “That’s why the kids hated it,” he said. “What kind of life have these people led that makes them think this is the right way to deal with young people? To encourage them to buckle up. This is the lesson they teach, for ungodly sums of money.”