Can Geppetto and Pinocchio Open New York City Schools Safely? or, Are There More Sensible Options?
After weeks and weeks of speculation Governor Cuomo made his anticipated announcement,
Schools across New York can reopen for in-person instruction this fall, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Friday. … Just a few months after New York became a global epicenter of the pandemic, the governor opened the door for millions of students across the state to return to classrooms, even as most public school students in the country will start the school year remotely.
But Mr. Cuomo’s announcement does not guarantee that school buildings in the state’s roughly 700 local districts will actually reopen in the coming weeks. It is now up to local politicians and superintendents to decide whether to reopen, and how to do so. Their in-person reopening plans must also be approved by the state’s education and health departments in the coming weeks.
In other words the governor is punting to the next level, leaving the district by district and school by school decisions to local school boards and local government.
Will de Blasio go along with governor and re-open schools? Will he be able to satisfy the unions, actually the union memberships, the teachers and principals?
On September 10th 1.1 million students will begin to trek to school, walking to neighborhood schools, taking buses and trains, joined by 100,000 plus school CONTINUE READING: Can Geppetto and Pinocchio Open New York City Schools Safely? or, Are There More Sensible Options? | Ed In The Apple