New York Was the 1st Big School District to Reopen. Hereâs What Happened.
Elementary schools have been open for months. As the city prepares to reopen middle schools, problems remain, but there is also cause for optimism.
“I feel there’s a huge night-and-day difference between what was going on last spring and what’s happened this year,” said Julie Zuckerman, bottom left, the principal of Public School 513 in Manhattan.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
Feb. 14, 2021
For Julie Zuckerman, an elementary school principal in Manhattan, last summer felt like one never-ending day filled with fear and confusion about New York Cityâs plan to resume in-person teaching. But in the months since classrooms opened in September, something has shifted.