New York City’s public-school system is to close its doors “indefinitely,” officials announced, after the city’s seven-day coronavirus positive rate hit three percent. They won’t necessarily open their doors when it dips, either.
Schools will suspend all in-person instruction on Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed via tweet on Wednesday. The mayor’s announcement came after schools chancellor Richard Carranza sent an email to principals warning them that New York had “reached [the three percent] threshold of test positivity citywide.”
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