February 16, 2021 The City of San Francisco, California is suing its own school district in order to reopen classrooms due to the high number of suicides among children during the pandemic. The New York Post reports health experts say that keeping schools closed “is catalyzing a mental health crisis among school-aged children,” according to the city’s lawsuit. City and county public schools have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic since last March, affecting roughly 52,000 students. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s filing also included affidavits from parents, doctors, and hospitals in the San Francisco area on the problems of continued distance learning and the effects it has on children.