UFT welcomes
elementary students
return back to school
BY DEAN MOSES
Elementary schools
reopened throughout
New York City
on Dec. 7.
The United Federation of
Teachers (UFT) welcomed
students and parents back
to school on Monday
morning after almost
three weeks of closures at
Sol Lain Playground, just
outside of P.S. 134, the
Henrietta Szold School, on
the Lower East Side.
“We are once again opening
up some of our schools
here in New York City. This
country’s largest school system,
and more importantly
the only large school system
in the country that actually
has live in-person instruction.
This is a very diffi cult
time that we are all going
through, and I’m happy
that the city has agreed to do
even more aggressive testing,”
said Michael Mulgrew,
the UFT President.
The elation to return
back to some normalcy was
apparent on the families’
faces as they handed their
children bookbags and
secured their masks on
what felt like the fi rst day
of school all over again.
In order to attend in-person
lessons, parents had to
Parents and children wait for the first day of in-person
learning to officially start.
sign extensive forms before
any child was allowed back
on the premises. Following
one last kiss and a hug,
the little ones were off to
the classroom once more,
but everyone cannot bask
in this moment. There is
still no plan set out by the
mayor’s office for when
middle school and high
school students can return
to in-person learning, and
the UFT sees that as an impossibility
at this moment
because the city lacks resources
to properly screen
each education facility.
“We have to monitor the
city to see 20% of every
school on a weekly basis
now. The city has now said
that they have the capacity to
do that. So, we are going to
monitor that this week and
we want to see what happens
PHOTO BY DEAN MOSES
over the next couple of weeks
and really try to make a
determination in about January,”
Mulgrew said.
He explained that middle
schools and high schools
will not open unless the city
has the ability to guarantee
they can monitor 20%
of every school building
throughout the metropolitan
area on a weekly basis.
“They would have to
prove to us that they have
the capacity to test 20%
of all schools on a weekly
basis,” he added.
At PS 134, like many
other elementary schools,
the response team will
consistently monitor and
instill safety protocols,
such as everyone wearing
PPE, social distancing,
continuous cleaning, and
ventilation.
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