NYC to utilize parks and streets for outdoor classrooms

NYC to utilize parks and streets for outdoor classrooms

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to reporters after visiting New Bridges Elementary School to observe pandemic-related safety procedures, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Teachers are ramping up pressure on New York City to reconsider its drive to reopen the nation's largest public school system Sept. 10, with their union presenting a list of safety demands. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city will work to make outdoor instruction space available in parks and on closed-off streets in an effort to prevent new coronavirus infections when school starts next month. He said Monday that principals of the city’s 1,700-plus public schools would be asked to submit plans for outdoor learning either in their own schoolyards or in parks or streets near their schools.

 

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