NYC Council Members Doubt De Blasio on School Reopening Plan
- Probable quarantines make remote learning inevitable, they say
- First week of school year to feature mobile vaccination sites
Mayor Bill de Blasio
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New York City Council members confronted Mayor Bill de Blasio’s top school and health officials Wednesday with concerns raised by educators and parents who say the city’s back-to-school preparations remain fraught with uncertainty. They fear that student safety is imperiled at a time when the delta variant continues to spread.
The lawmakers grilled Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter and Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi about plans for the system’s full reopening on Sept. 13. The mayor has insisted that its 1 million students return for in-school instruction, with no detailed plan for online remote instruction for middle or high schools if classrooms must be closed or students quarantined due to Covid-19 infection.