Tiffany Cusaac-Smith and Tania Savayan, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Published 2:51 am UTC Jun. 16, 2021 Tiffany Cusaac-Smith and Tania Savayan, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Published 2:51 am UTC Jun. 16, 2021 Note: This story is part of the fifth and final installment of Learning Curve, a year-long series of stories following a group of families whose children are attending public schools across New York state during the pandemic. Start from the beginning here. MOUNT VERNON - In the final throes of the school year, a homeschooled Bryan Santiago, 17, sits on the steps of an elementary school near his house wearing colorful plastic bracelets he’s accumulated since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.