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Advocates for charter schools hope more can reopen soon, after a judge ruled the city must include them in the program that provides free weekly tests at traditional public schools.
“It s a win for kids because hopefully we re one step closer to getting testing and tracing done so that schools can open and kids can return to schools,” said James Merriman, CEO of The Charter Center, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Merriman said between a third and a half of the city’s charters are open for some form of in-person learning right now. According to The Charter Center, there are 267 charter schools in the city serving just under 196,000 students. The city’s public school system includes 960,000 students.