New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday that the city's schools will not be fully open until a vaccine is available.
The move would constitute the most aggressive step yet the city has taken in preventing students from returning to normal classes.
It comes in sharp contrast to plans from de Blasio just two weeks ago when the mayor previously promised a schedule wherein schools would be open for the fall, with parents deciding whether their children should be taught in person or virtually.
A Department of Education poll of 400,000 parents in the city found that 75 percent support a partial or full reopening of the schools.
Without a hard decision until September, the time needed to prepare for such a late decision will make his previous commitment all but impossible.
A vaccine will likely take at least a year before it is widely available, meaning a full reopening is essentially off the table for the 2020/21 school year.
Million students in NYC's education system, comes despite recent flattening of the number of deaths and cases in New York City.
The move would constitute the most aggressive step yet the city has taken in preventing students from returning to normal classes.
It comes in sharp contrast to plans from de Blasio just two weeks ago when the mayor previously promised a schedule wherein schools would be open for the fall, with parents deciding whether their children should be taught in person or virtually.
A Department of Education poll of 400,000 parents in the city found that 75 percent support a partial or full reopening of the schools.
Without a hard decision until September, the time needed to prepare for such a late decision will make his previous commitment all but impossible.
A vaccine will likely take at least a year before it is widely available, meaning a full reopening is essentially off the table for the 2020/21 school year.
Million students in NYC's education system, comes despite recent flattening of the number of deaths and cases in New York City.
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