Update….
We’re there again.…
NY Gov Cuomo is again reminding everyone that HE makes the calls on openings and HE hasn’t given the Ok...Cuomo IS NOT saying schools will NOT open and it is doubtful he will NOT open them,,,But this IS a back and forth again on who’s in charge and eventually?…The NYC Mayor does get what he says will happen….
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.And daily after school deep cleaning’s….
This from Mayor de Blasio, who one hopes has cleared this with NY Governor Cuomo …
In the past the mayor has gotten ahead of himself….
If this holds?
Long Island schools should follow suit since Nassau and Suffolk countries are one virus phase ahead of the city…
School administrators should be able to move ahead with plans for the fall school year if these plans are confirmed….
New York City plans to reopen its public schools in September with social-distancing guidelines, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
“We’re full steam ahead for September,” de Blasio said. The goal is to have “the maximum number of kids in our schools as we begin.”
De Blasio said he anticipates some schools will have enough space for all their students, even with the new guidelines. Those schools that can’t accommodate all their students will operate on a staggered schedule, which will be announced “well in advance,” he said.
“We know the sheer logistical challenges with schools that were overcrowded before the coronavirus and now have to practice social distancing,” he said.
Everyone will be required to wear face masks and facilities will undergo a deep cleaning each day.
The city’s $28 billion school system, which serves 1.1 million students and is the largest in the U.S., switched to remote learning in March because of the coronavirus outbreak. Despite the added costs of disinfection and social distancing needed to reopen safely, public schools are facing deep cuts after the city’s revenue plummeted during the pandemic-imposed lockdown….
Note…
There has been no evidence of virus spikes from school reopening’s in Europe…
image…YahooNews
Thirty-three additional city schools will close Thursday morning because they are within coronavirus cluster zones designed by state health officials, the city Education Department said Wednesday night.
The new closures, confirmed just 12 hours before school was set to begin Thursday, come on top of more than 90 schools closed earlier this week because they were in city-designated hotspot zip codes….
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