Doubts persist as NYC’s hybrid school year is set to start
New York City’s already-delayed school year started remotely Wednesday in a soft opening that served as a prologue to the return of students to physical classrooms next week.
Even as more than 1 million kids return to class remotely, it’s an open question whether the city can pull off the hybrid learning system Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in July.
Unions representing teachers and principals in the nation’s largest public school district say schools still don’t have the teachers or the coronavirus safety measures that are needed, but de Blasio, a Democrat, has insisted that the school year will start as planned with three days of online orientation this week.