Posted on 09/01/2020 8:06:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
New York Citys public-school classrooms will not reopen until Sept. 21 to give teachers and principals more time to ready facilities amid the coronavirus under an 11th-hour deal struck between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the systems powerful unions.
Students will start the year online Sept. 16, then move to a hybrid approach including some in-person instruction five days later, de Blasio and schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Tuesday. The schools had been set to reopen Sept 10.
We need more time, Carranza said at a press conference that included the mayor and Michael Mulgrew, president of the citys largest teachers union.
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“...to give teachers and principals more time to ready facilities amid the coronavirus....”
Holy mackerel!! These people have had all summer to prepare. By appearances educational leaders in NY are the worst of the worst.
too stupid to open schools, too stupid to teach.
Eleven day delay in opening. That shouldn’t shut the world down.
Very high percentage of blacks wanted schools open with in person learning.
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As it should be
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