NYC Schools Step Toward Opening With Preschool Invitations

New York City took its first tentative step toward opening schools in September, sending out about 62,000 offers to parents of 4-year-olds for its all-day pre-kindergarten program, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Opening the schools would represent a big step for the city’s effort to recover from the devastating impact the coronavirus has had upon the city. It remains uncertain whether the schools would reopen with a full five-day in-school program, he said. The pre-kindergarten program, created to serve about 70,000 students, still has seats available, the mayor said. Decisions on whether schools will reopen in September, and in what form, won’t be made until June or July at the earliest, de Blasio said.