The mayor of the New York City announced on Thursday that it again had to delay the start of face-to-face instruction for most of the students in that city due to the staff and supplies shortages.
Bill de Blasio specified that face-to-face classes for most of the city’s students they will be postponed for at least another weekas there is a shortage of staff and supplies for resumption of activities in the public school system, both for distance learning and in person. Classes were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
De Blasio announced a new calendar that will keep most elementary students out of the classroom until September 29. Middle and high school students will not have distance classes until October 1.
“We are doing this to ensure that all standards are met,” de Blasio reported.
The plan is for most students to be in school three days a week and distance learning the rest of the time. About 42% of families have opted for remote teaching.
The delay came days before students from America’s largest school district returned to classrooms on Monday. Now only kindergarten and other special education students will return to classrooms next week.
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“It’s not good enough because they’re procrastinating,” said Daniel Leviatin, a senior teacher and librarian in the New York borough of Bronx. De Blasio has said the reopening shouldn’t be a blanket decision, but one driven by school or neighborhood data, Leviatin said, questioning what an extra eight days will change.
New York City schools closed in March, when the coronavirus pandemic reached the country and students had to take distance classes.
De Blasio, who frequently notes that his own children attend city public schools, has insisted on reopening schools for face-to-face classes even as other school districts across the nation began the school year with distance learning, but it has been challenging to resume. the activities of the huge system of more than 17,000 schools for both face-to-face and remote teaching.
A few weeks ago, de Blasio postponed the start of classes scheduled for September 10 to avoid a teachers’ strike and give schools more time to get protective equipment. At the time, de Blasio insisted that there would be no need for further delay.
“We reviewed everything and determined that this was a timetable that could address outstanding concerns,” commented the Mayor. “It is a review that still allows us to move forward on a fair schedule, but with additional preparation time. It’s a good balance ”.
But on Thursday, the mayor announced another postponement as he and union leaders, who had warned in recent days that schools were not ready to reopen, reported that the city needed more time.
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