by Julia Kott 
The pandemic has been difficult for most New Yorkers, but the ongoing toll on students and teachers is particularly unique.
“I feel like I can’t do my job,” said Maggie Slavin, a high school special education teacher at a school in North Brooklyn. Slavin has taught in the New York City public school system for five years, and this one has certainly been the toughest of all.
Merely three weeks after shuttering in-person learning on November…
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