New York City Schools Have Been Closing a Lot. Thatâs About to Change.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is easing the two-case rule about positive virus cases that had been forcing many schools to temporarily shut this year.
The mayor said he would change the two-case rule, but he did not reveal any details.Credit.Anna Watts for The New York Times
April 5, 2021Updated 11:50 a.m. ET
Mayor Bill de Blasio will change a rule that has, for months, created a paradox in New York Cityâs school reopening plan: Classrooms that had been reopened to students often closed again because school buildings had to shut temporarily whenever two unrelated virus cases were detected.
The Return of High Schools in New York City
It’s Tuesday.
Weather: High around 60, with clouds giving way to sun. It’ll stay balmy for the next few days.
Alternate-side parking: In effect until March 28 (Passover).
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West Brooklyn Community High School reopened in early March after it was forced to shut down for three weeks due to a spike in coronavirus cases in the immediate neighborhood.Credit.Kathy Willens/Associated Press
With only a few more months left in the school year, tens of thousands of high school students in New York City will be allowed back in classrooms in the coming weeks.
How the 3 Diallo Sisters Were Finally Able to Connect to Their Classes
The city said it would be “impossible” to quickly install Wi-Fi in shelters for remote learning. Some shelter operators have proven them wrong.
Aaron Morris, 15, who lives in a family shelter in Brooklyn and attends school online, says the unreliable internet in his apartment is hurting his grades.Credit.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
School days at the Diallo sisters’ apartment in the Bronx can be hectic.
Adama, the oldest, attends high school from the black couch in the corner of their apartment in a family homeless shelter. Her 10-year-old sister, Hawaou, sits nearby at the dining table, firing back answers to her math teacher’s questions. Her youngest sister, Aissatou, 7, sprawled on a bed in the other room, giggles her way through her second-grade lessons.