Roughly 500 public high schools in New York City will reopen March 22, four months after a resurgence of the virus led officials to have students learn remotely full-time.
“We are ready to go. We have all the pieces we need to bring high school back and bring it back strong — and, of course, to bring it back safely,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.
Officials announced in November that the system’s 1,800 schools would shut down after New York City reached a daily positivity rate of 3%. High school students at 488 public schools are the last age group to be welcomed back to in-person classes. Younger students in pre-K through eighth grade were permitted to return to school buildings in December. Middle schools reopened last month.
The city government said it will remain cautious in bringing high school students back on March 22. Parents will have the opportunity to choose whether their children go to class in-person or continue taking classes virtually as long as they signed up for the “blended learning” option in the fall. Schools are also required to test randomly 20% of students and staff weekly.
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School athletics programs will also be allowed to resume in early April and will be open to students attending in-person as well as remote classes as long as people wear masks at all times, de Blasio said.
