NYC mayor: Public schools will be all in person this fall
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised a return to normal next fall for the nation’s largest public school system, announcing Monday that classrooms will open for in-person instruction in September with no remote option.
“It’s time for everyone to come back,” said de Blasio, a Democrat. “It’s time for us all to be together. It’s time to do things the way they were meant to be done. All the kids in the classroom together getting a great education from educators who care, staff members who care.”
De Blasio said the roughly 1 million students who attend traditional public schools will be in their classrooms with some version of the coronavirus protocols that have been in place in the current academic year, including mask wearing and COVID-19 testing.