Bill De Blasio Set To Reopen New York Elementary Schools After Sudden Closures

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Natalia Kay
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stated that he will be re-opening public schools in December, according to The Daily Wire.

“We will have testing that is going to go from monthly in every school to weekly in every school. Students will not be able to attend school unless they have a consent form.”

“We’ll have in-person instruction for those who are part of that approach. Remote for all other kids.”

Daniela Kampel, a parent, said “I am furious. I was furious two weeks ago. I was furious last week when schools closed and I am furious today that schools are still closed.”

Michael Mulgrew said, “We are supportive of a phased reopening of schools in other neighborhoods as long as stringent testing is in place. This strategy — properly implemented — will allow us to offer safe in-person instruction to the maximum number of students until we beat the pandemic.”

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But in order to attend in-person school, students will already need to have been enrolled in hybrid learning classes. The Times reports that about 335,000 students are hybrid-enrolled, among them 190,000 elementary-age or otherwise eligible students.

Many parents voiced outrage after de Blasio shuttered the public school system earlier this month, an apparent effort to stick to the 3% 7-day-average coronavirus case positivity threshold he established for shutting down the school system earlier this year.

Since the beginning of the academic year, enrollment in the New York City public school system has dropped by about 3.2% over past years, a downward trend that has been seen in other districts and states across the country, such as Montana, Utah, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Los Angeles Unified School District — the second largest public school district in the country.