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COVID-2 Closes 19 Classrooms in First 60 Days of Class in New York

'16.09.2021'

Nurgul Sultanova-Chetin

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More than 200 students and staff in public schools in the Big Apple tested positive for COVID-19 in the first two days of the school year, according to the New York City Department of Education. This led to the closure of dozens of classrooms. PIX 11.

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The confirmed cumulative number of COVID-19 cases for September 13 and 14 was 105 students and 113 school staff for a total of 218.

The new cases have resulted in the complete closure of at least 58 classrooms, as well as the partial closure of 86.

Partial closures occur in middle or high schools, where only a few students need to be quarantined if a classmate is sick. The need to go to quarantine depends on the student's vaccination status. Many children over 12 years old in the United States are already vaccinated against COVID-19 - they are not sent to quarantine in the event of a classmate's illness.

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According to the Department of Education, in combination with the closure of educational institutions due to the coronavirus even before the first day of class, a total of 67 classrooms are completely closed, and 126 are partially closed.

Violation of instruction

So far, no school in New York has been completely closed due to the widespread spread of COVID-19. The closure of individual classrooms means that hundreds of students began the school year with the need to re-align to distance learning.

Full-time, full-time schooling in New York City schools began on September 13, despite the spread of the Delta strain.

The Department of Education reported that attendance on the first day was 82,4%. At the same time, the average attendance was 80% in 2020. In 2019, the last full full-time school year before the pandemic, attendance was around 90%.

In the last academic year, schoolchildren were offered both distance and full-time education. However, most families opted for fully distance learning, but this year they were not offered this option.

Mayor Bill de Blasio emphasized the need to bring students back to class.

“There are kids who haven't gone to school for a year and a half and they deserve better,” de Blasio said. “Children need to go back to school because of their mental and physical health, their ability to develop socially, and many other reasons.”

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