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Comptroller of New York City.

Sep 1, 2020, 5 tweets

BREAKING: NYC delays reopening of schools to Sept 21, in order to allow more time to make schools as safe as possible.

Teacher prep days: Sept. 10, 11, 14, 15

Remote instruction begins: Sept 16

School buildings open for blending learning: Sept 21

Teachers will now have a total of 9 prep days counting the add'l days now allowed by the opening delay.

"Based on evaluation of independent medical experts, we can now say that the NYC public school system has the most aggressive policies and greatest safeguards of any school system in America." - Michael Mulgrew, Pres. of @UFT

"We now have another difficult road to go down...if there is a problem we will bring relief quickly and make sure no school is left to struggle alone." - Michael Mulgrew, Pres. of @UFT

There will be mandatory random sample testing of teachers and students, in each school on a monthly basis.

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