Schools to get huge infusion of aid from rescue plan. Why they re still worried
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Castle Island Bilingual Montessori school student Mia Finlan, 5, glues tissue paper to her lantern in the art studio on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. The American Rescue Plan, set to pass Congress March 9, 2021, will means billions for schools. But they re still worried it could mean less support in the years to come. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Mary Taylor, right, helps her son, Aarmani, 4, who attends Delaware Community School, on a computer donated by the Albany Fund for Education on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at their home in Albany, N.Y. The Albany School District is facing a four-month delay on its order of Chromebook computers for students. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
As COVID-19 spreads, New York City schools prepare to reopen Monday after holiday break
New York City educators must organize to close all schools and prevent the deepening spread of the pandemic. Only the New York City Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee is fighting for this perspective. Join and help build the committee by signing up today at wsws.org/edsafety.
On Wednesday, authorities announced that New York City’s seven-day rolling average for the positivity rate for COVID-19 tests rose to 7.93 percent. Cases have increased 25 percent and deaths 64 percent in the last 14 days. Nevertheless, the city’s Democratic mayor, Bill de Blasio, assured the media that schools would reopen on January 4 after the holiday break.
Stimulus dollars are headed to New York schools, but will it be enough?
Regents call for federal relief funds to supplement not supplant state aid
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Students and teachers are seen leaving for the day at Cambridge High School on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 in Cambridge, N.Y. The school is going into pause and will start remote learning tomorrow due to a couple of COVID-19 cases. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law the $900 billion pandemic relief package that includes $5.8 billion for New York schools and universities and $465 million in grants for day care organizations.