New York City is still deciding whether to reopen public schools before the 2019-2020 year ends in June.
Mayor de Blasio said Thursday that the city will decide in the coming days if students will have in-person learning this school year.
“Series of conversations happening right now to decide do we have one last chance to open them up in person before it’s too late for the school year,” the mayor said at a briefing. “Do we have a realistic opportunity to get the schools back up for a meaningful enough period of time? I think we are a couple of days away — two, three days probably away from getting to that decision.”
The state already closed public schools through the end of April.
De Blasio said “a lot of kids aren’t logging on” to their socially distanced classes, but couldn’t say how many were or were not attending.
“It’s a problem we predicted, unfortunately,” he said.
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