{"id":389000,"date":"2022-01-03T18:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eric-adams-promises-to-keep-schools-open-in-omicron-surge\/"},"modified":"2022-01-03T18:16:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:16:15","slug":"eric-adams-promises-to-keep-schools-open-in-omicron-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eric-adams-promises-to-keep-schools-open-in-omicron-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eric Adams promises to keep schools open in Omicron surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Eric Adams promises to keep schools open in Omicron surge<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"commerce-disclosure\">\n        Sign up for our special edition <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic.<br \/>\n    <\/aside>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams vowed Monday that New York City public schools will continue with in-person instruction as\u00a0Omicron infections continue to surge, declaring, \u201cI am keeping my schools open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new mayor, who\u00a0made the rounds\u00a0on TV as students and teachers returned to classrooms following the winter break, promised an \u201call hands on deck\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach to ensuring schools are sufficiently staffed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur schools will open,\u201d he said on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d as he detailed the shortcomings of remote education, including missed meals and mental health struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been very clear on this: my children are going to be in school. I am keeping my schools open, and we want to make sure they are going to be in a safe place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Department of Education central staff who normally work at borough offices and headquarters will be deployed to school buildings, and the more than 1 million at-home rapid tests distributed in recent days to schools will keep pupils who test negative for coronavirus returning to class, according to Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Asked on MSNBC about staffing shortages due to COVID-19 cases, Adams said the DOE will modify personnel assignments to plug\u00a0potential holes \u2014 and keep a close eye on the data.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a press conference held at the Concourse Village Elementary School in Fleetwood, The Bronx on Monday January 3, 2021\" class=\"wp-image-20693601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams said the city will make changes as needed in schools.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefan Jeremiah for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to adjust and pivot based on the numbers. We\u2019re going to have real-time updates, creating our own command center, [if] we see a drop in staffing, we\u2019re going to draw from our pool of employees who are waiting, and we\u2019re going to go all out,\u201d he explained. \u201cEveryone in Tweed and all over the city that are doing non-classroom assignments? No, all hands on deck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a superintendent, if you\u2019re an administrator, you have a teaching license, we want you in that school building,\u201d Adams added. \u201cWe\u2019re going to shift and adjust in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams, who was sworn in as mayor at midnight on New Year\u2019s Day, doubled down on his message at an appearance at school in the Bronx Monday morning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Eric Adams greet parents and students at the Concourse Village Elementary School\" class=\"wp-image-20693642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams greet parents and students at the Concourse Village Elementary School.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefan Jeremiah for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Schools Chancellor David Banks, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Mayor Eric Adams and Rafael Salamanca Jr., Council Member for the 17th District of NYC greet parents and students at the Concourse Village Elementary School.\" class=\"wp-image-20693871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams_12.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Schools Chancellor David Banks, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Mayor Eric Adams and Rafael Salamanca Jr., council member for the 17th District of NYC, greet parents and students before school starts on Jan. 3, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefan Jeremiah for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have been so focused on keeping our schools open, and sending that message. We\u2019re not sending an unclear message of what is going to happen day to day. I am going to tell you what\u2019s going to happen day to day: we are staying open,\u201d he told the crowd at Concourse Village Elementary School, where he was flanked by\u00a0new schools Chancellor David Banks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to do everything that we have to do to keep our schools open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams\u2019 confident posture came after the principal of PS 58\u00a0in Brooklyn told families Sunday evening that it will hold remote learning Monday due to COVID-19 cases without authorization from the DOE,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ny.chalkbeat.org\/2022\/1\/2\/22864336\/nyc-schools-reopen-omicron-surge-staffing-shortages-increased-testing\">Chalkbeat reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under a\u00a0plan announced by former Mayor Bill de Blasio\u00a0and backed by his successor, Big Apple public school students who learn alongside COVID-19-positive classmates can stay in school if they test negative using scaled-up\u00a0at-home testing. The plan went into effect Monday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/091521studentmask19CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"general view of a student wearing a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic or COVID-19 pandemic for the third week of classes\" class=\"wp-image-20693636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/091521studentmask19CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/091521studentmask19CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/091521studentmask19CS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Eric Adams said City Hall has given more than 1.5 million rapid tests to schools in the five boroughs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adams said City Hall has given more than 1.5 million rapid tests to schools in the five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe distributed to every school in this city, over 1.5 million test kits, where our teachers and principals will be ready to receive them,\u201d he said on NY1 Monday. \u201cIf a child is identified as having COVID, we\u2019re going to test that classroom, bring those tests home to families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Due to increased testing and other coronavirus-related measures, \u201cschool is the safest place for children,\u201d he said on the channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams_09.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Adams said potential changes in schools would happen in &quot;real time.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-20693876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams_09.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams_09.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/eric-adams_09.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adams said potential changes in schools would happen in \u201creal time.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">STEFAN JEREMIAH<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, Big Apple pupils who test positive may miss more than a week of classes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the\u00a0Center for Disease Control\u2019s new guidance\u00a0cut its recommended\u00a0isolation period for people who have COVID-19 from 10 days to five,\u00a0Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s\u00a0shortened\u00a0quarantine\u00a0guidance\u00a0for fully vaccinated New Yorkers employed in the \u201ccritical workforce\u201d such as teachers, but not students.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Kevin Sheehan<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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