The change follows recent federal guidance that schools could reduce social distancing between students in some classrooms to three feet from six.
Author: Eliza Shapiro
N.Y.C.’s mayor says a new virus rule will reduce temporary public school closures.
Public schools had previously closed for 10 days if two unlinked cases were detected there, regardless of the source of infection.
N.Y.C. public school students can opt back in to standardized testing this year.
The pandemic will have disrupted at least two years of state testing.
N.Y.C. public school students will have another chance, starting Wednesday, to opt in for in-person instruction.
While all parents can indicate interest, the city only has plans for now to bring more elementary school students into school buildings in April.
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