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NYC schools open
We've got a fight ahead to keep them open, said Mayor de Blasio during a briefing from City Hall.
NEW YORK - With the positivity rate below the threshold set for closing, New York City public schools would remain open to in-person instruction Monday and Tuesday, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The seven-day rolling average on Monday was 2.77%
"We've got a fight ahead to keep them open," said Mayor de Blasio during a briefing from City Hall. "I'm not giving up and you shouldn't give up either. Every day that our schools are open is a blessing."
De Blasio had warned Friday that schools could close as soon as Monday if the city crossed the threshold set earlier of 3% of coronavirus tests citywide coming back positive over a seven-day period. The rate stayed short of that on Sunday, at 2.57%, he said.
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Watching COVID rate for NYC schools
Three percent is the threshold for closing all public schools in NYC.
New York City's public school system, by far the nation's largest with more than a million students, was one of few big-city districts to reopen classrooms this fall after the pandemic forced schools across the United States online in the spring.
Parents were given a choice of all-remote instruction or a “blended learning” system with students in class some days and learning online the other days.
About 280,000 students have attended in person, fewer than city officials had expected.
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Uncertainty about school year
UFT President Michael Mulgrew says closing schools is not inevitable.