The New York City public school system’s reopening will be delayed, with “instructional transition and orientation” starting remotely on September 16th and in-person learning pushed back to September 21st, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
The change from a planned September 10th in-person school reopening comes after weeks of mounting pressure from educators who insisted they need more time to prepare, and the escalating possibility of a strike mounted by the United Federation of Teachers, the powerful union representing tens of thousands of NYC public school teachers.
Read this full story from WNYC & Gothamist: https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-public-schools-opening-delayed-september-21
