Breaking: NYC Closes Public School System after City Infection Rate Rises

New York City public schools will close temporarily, Department of Education chancellor Richard Carranza wrote in an email to parents on Wednesday, following a rise in coronavirus infection rates in the city.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has repeatedly said that the city would close public schools if the seven-day average coronavirus positivity rate reached 3 percent, a milestone reached on Wednesday. The decision will leave approximately 300,000 students who took advantage of hybrid in-person and virtual lessons without the option of coming physically to the classroom.

Public schools do not appear to be driving recent high infection rates. Currently, coronavirus outbreaks in New York City are concentrated in Staten Island, the Bronx, and certain neighborhoods of Queens and Brooklyn.

The closure represents a setback for de Blasio, who has pushed hard to reopen city schools. New York public schools serve over one million students, the largest district in the U.S.

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