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UFT Says 3,000 Teachers Needed To Complete School Reopenings

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 9/28/20

Mayor de Blasio said Sept. 21 that the city does not have a hard number on how many Teachers will be needed to address staffing shortages, but the United Federation of Teachers claimed that schools still need 3,000 more instructors to conduct in-person classes.

Pre-kindergarten, 3K students and students with disabilities in District 75 began school that day. Children in K-5 and K-8 schools won’t start until Sept. 29, while middle school and high school students will begin Oct. 1, with the shortage of Teachers causing those delays.

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