COVID-19 :
New York middle and high school teachers and young parents called for the immediate return to class of 145,000 more students
The city of New York is preparing to reopen some of its schools this week and receive around 190 thousand early childhood students in class, amid protests from parents who asked the authorities this Sunday for a return date for the middle and upper classes.
“We haven’t just opened our schools, we’ve proven that they can be the safest in the country. […] We have proven what New York does every day. We have proven that what is said to be impossible is in fact very possible. “
– @NYCMayor at New Covenant Dominion Church. pic.twitter.com/hhGIdKi0ZT
– New York City (@nycgov) December 6, 2020
After the mayor last month Bill de Blasio announce the closing of public schools due to the rebound in case of COVID-19[feminine[feminine, this Monday, elementary school students (from preschool to fifth grade) will be able to resume face-to-face lessons, and on Thursday students from special education schools.
This Sunday, teachers and parents of middle and high schools grouped together on the platform Keep New York Schools Open They demanded in front of the mayor’s office the immediate return to class of 145,000 students in grades five to twelve who were receiving face-to-face training and who still have no return date.
Among the group’s demands, some parents said their work is essential, so they cannot watch their children at home, and they considered that distance education is elitist; while a seasoned math teacher assured that students have difficulty learning at a distance and “suffer a lot”.
The city focused on distribution of electronic devices so that students have access to distance classes, but about 60,000 need tablets or laptops, according to Department of Education.
In the past 24 hours, the Big Apple recorded 2,264 new cases of COVID-19[feminine[feminine and 165 related hospitalizations, while the positivity rate – positive in the total of tests carried out – during the last week is 5.12%, according to the mayor De Blasio.
Today’s update on the numbers:
Of the 205,832 tests reported yesterday, 9,702 were positive (4.71% of the total).
The total hospitalizations are 4442.
Sadly, there were 56 deaths from COVID yesterday. pic.twitter.com/E5CMZ5eD0l
– Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 6, 2020
The arrival of this indicator at the 3% limit triggered the school closures last month, and now that it will no longer be taken into account, parents must allow their children to take tests in schools, since 20% of students and workers will be tested every week.
The state of New York, who is among those in the most controlled situation in the country, but which is recording outbreaks, had a positivity rate of 4.71% on Saturday, with about 9,700 infections, authorities reported today.
“We are closely monitoring hospital capacity and have measures in place to make sure hospitals have what they need. The light at the end of the tunnel is the vaccine and it is coming, but by then we have to be disciplined, ”the governor said Andrew Cuomo.
Cuomo, in an article published last Saturday by the newspaper Newsday, asked to take the example of schools because monitor prevention measures and their infection rates are lower than those of the surrounding community.
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