Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms as New York City enters a high-stakes stage of resuming in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.NEW YORK -- Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday as New York City enters a high-stakes stage of resuming in-person learning during theTwice delayed, the elementary school reopening comes over objections from school principals who said the city's complicated, changing plans put them in a staffing bind.
With over 1 million public school students, New York City initially had a more ambitious timeline than many other big U.S. school systems for bringing children back to schoolhouses this fall. Families have the option of choosing all-remote learning, and a growing number are doing so — 48% as of Friday, up from 30% six weeks earlier, according to city Education Department statistics.
Students were originally due back Sept. 10. But the start date was pushed back, repeatedly, after the city teachers' union said it wasn't safe to open schools because of outdated ventilation systems, an insufficient number of school nurses and other issues. At one point, the United Federation of Teachers threatened to strike.
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