Teachers help immigrant kids cope after Donald Trump's election win

Donald Trump didn’t just school Hillary Clinton in the general election — his victory also threw a lot of teachers’ lesson plans out the window.

Educators across the country faced classrooms full of students on Wednesday morning who feared for the future.

“My mom said we might have to leave and go back to Ecuador,” a P.S. 110Q second-grader told his teacher.

The concerned educator, Jessie Lanoil, spoke to the Daily News about her Corona, Queens students, many of whom are the children of immigrants.

“I began the day with just listening; 28 hands raised. ‘Would my mom have to leave me and go back to Mexico?’ ‘Why would someone choose Trump as President if he wants to break my family apart?’ ” she said. “It’s amazing how the classroom mirrors what happens out there in the world.”

New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña urged teachers to remain calm to help ease the worries of the city’s more than 1.1 million public school students. “As leaders, it is our responsibility to project a sense of calmness and confidence,” she wrote to school administrators. Education Department officials encouraged teachers and students to have thoughtful conversations about the election in classes.

And kids wanted to talk.

A Long Island art teacher told The News that her high schoolers began discussing Trump’s victory “the second they came in the door.

“A lot of them were scared for their immigrant relatives. One asked, ‘Am I gonna be able to go to the doctor now?’” she said. “There were a few girls that were pretty disappointed Hillary lost, and they came to my classroom during their lunch period to watch her (concession) speech.

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Educators had to become comforters. Safiyya Kathimi, who teaches in a Southern state, said she reassured her middle schoolers that she was there for them, even if it seemed like their new President might not be.

“I want you to know that if you’re feeling scared or worried, I am here for you if want to talk, or just need to be heard,” she told them, adding, “I had to hug quite a few.”