Governor Cuomo’s decision to allow city public schools to remain open even if the city reaches a seven-day average COVID positivity rate of 9 percent has triggered frustration and fear from educators, particularly among two dissident groups within the United Federation of Teachers.
Although it was previously established that schools would close if the city reached that 9-percent threshold using state data, Mr. Cuomo announced Jan. 4 that schools would not have to close if they had positivity rates lower than their surrounding communities.
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