New York City Schools Avert Strike With Delayed Start for in-Person Classes

City officials announced today in-person classes will be pushed back until Monday, September 21.

The announcement comes the morning the United Teachers Federation was threatening to hold a strike authorization vote if the city did not delay the reopening of school buildings.

The agreement, reached between the de Blasio administration, the Department of Education, along with the United Federation of Teachers and the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, averted a potential job action over the safety of public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic — at least for now.

The school year had been scheduled to start on September 10. Now, teachers will be given four preparation days on September 10, 11, 14 and 15 with remote classes for all students scheduled to start on September 16.

This is a developing story.

Editor’s note: A version of this story originally ran on Brownstoner sister pub amNY. Click here to see the original story.

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