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School communities across New York City are growing increasingly concerned about Mayor Bill de Blasio’s lack of concrete details for the fall.
Whether families hope to remain fully remote, or their children are already back in school five days a week a situation enabled by having the majority of students still learning exclusively from home they want more clarity on what next school year will look like.
Principals and other administrators, however, are in a holding pattern. Without more guidance on social distancing, remote learning, and medical accommodations for teachers, they can’t know how many children their classrooms can hold, whether they’ll be on the hook for offering in-person and remote instruction, or how many teachers will end up back in the classroom.