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NYC to delay reopening of schools, Mayor de Blasio announces
nypost ^ | 09/01/2020 | Julia Marsh, Selim Algar and Nolan Hicks

Posted on 09/01/2020 8:06:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

New York City’s 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 system’s 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 city’s largest teachers union.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: akadeblasio; andrewcuomo; antifa; billdeblasio; deblasio; education; newyork; newyorkcity; ocasiocortez; occasionalcortex; reopening; schools
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“...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.


21 posted on 09/01/2020 11:09:31 AM PDT by elpadre
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too stupid to open schools, too stupid to teach.


22 posted on 09/01/2020 11:10:04 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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Eleven day delay in opening. That shouldn’t shut the world down.


23 posted on 09/01/2020 11:14:50 AM PDT by deport
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To: gcparent

Very high percentage of blacks wanted schools open with in person learning.

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As it should be


24 posted on 09/01/2020 11:17:19 AM PDT by deport
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