What you should know Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday revealed new state dashboards that make the COVID-19 variant and groundbreaking infection data available to the public for the first time since the pandemic began. The variant data report monitors the prevalence of variants identified by the CDC; delta represents more than 99% of the new … Read more
What you should know The vaccination mandate for New York City public school teachers and other staff members may go ahead as planned next week, after a state judge lifted a temporary restraining order. A coalition of municipal unions filed a lawsuit against the mandate and requested the court order against its implementation. State Supreme … Read more
All New York City public schools will be required to test weekly for COVID-19 beginning Monday, Sept. 27, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “We will be testing elementary, middle and high schools, each school every week,” he said Monday. Unvaccinated students who test positive must comply with a quarantine, according to the president. De Blasio … Read more
NEW YORK – The website for New York City schools, where parents answer COVID screening questions for their children, apparently collapsed on Monday, amid the influx of students returning to in-person learning during the first day of class. Widespread reports from parents, verified by multiple attempts by our sister network NBC 4 New York, indicated … Read more
NEW YORK – New York City will have vaccination sites in school buildings serving students 12 and older for eligible communities during the first week of school, announced Education Chancellor Meisha Porter. This would represent about 700 places for students over the age of 12 and school employees to receive the vaccine. Each school will … Read more
The driver shortage for New York City’s school buses looms as a major hurdle as the first day of school approaches. Michael Cordiello, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, which accounts for about half of the drivers operating the city’s extensive yellow bus system, said the worker shortage that has plagued school bus systems … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul had been adamant about implementing the mask-wearing mandate in public schools since taking office earlier in the week, but the official decree didn’t arrive until Friday night. A spokesperson confirmed an official order requiring that students, faculty and staff of all grades wear masks in public and private schools. “The Department has … Read more
NEW YORK – With New York City’s school year set to start over, some school-age children will be returning to classrooms for the first time since March 2020. For reference, that means a child entering going to high school this year he may not have been inside a classroom since mid-seventh grade. And as the … Read more
With less than three weeks to go until 1.2 million students return from face-to-face classes, New York City education officials on Thursday unveiled a set of safety protocols for students as well as educators and school personnel. The Our Commitment to Your Health and Safety guide will be printed and distributed to parents in the … Read more
NEW YORK – The campuses of the City University of New York (CUNY), the nation’s largest urban public university system, will be fully open for the first time to welcome students in the fall after 17 months of conducting classes so remote. However, approximately 45 percent of the nearly 50,000 course sections at CUNY’s 25 … Read more