Schools Chancellor David Banks was especially excited for the first day. “It represents the rebirth of our school system,” he said.
NYC is an outlier when it comes to the number of days educators are required to be back at school before students arrive. Many say those two days are not enough.
“There's a way that you walk differently when you have certain experiences behind or within you,” said Bijoun Eric Jordan, who teaches at Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School.
New York City’s Public School Athletic League has 25 girls fencing teams and 22 boys fencing teams. Olympian Anne Cebula fenced when she attended Brooklyn Tech.
Schools would have to come up with their own policies on how to ban phones and would not get additional funding, principals told Chalkbeat.
Dr. Elisa Margarita, winner of a 2024 Math for America Muller Award, brings science to life at Brooklyn Tech, the nation’s largest high school.
Educators cite classroom distraction and mental-health concerns, but any ban would be tough to enforce.
Earlier this year, NYC officials blamed the upgraded cafeterias for encouraging kids to eat more, and as a result, they cut popular foods from school menus.
The nation’s largest school system is “very much leaning towards” banning cell phones, David Banks said Wednesday.
As NYC closes the books on a school year marked by curriculum changes, political strife, and budget woes, we’re already looking ahead to the first day of school on Sept. 7.