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#De Blasio pressures teachers to show up for school because it’s ‘their job’

#De Blasio pressures teachers to show up for school because it’s ‘their job’

August 13, 2020 | 12:30pm

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday increased pressure for teachers to show up on the first day of school, saying it’s “their job” — as he shot down pleas from the principals and teachers unions to delay the reopening.

The mayor was grilled about the pushback from the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators and the United Federation of Teachers at his daily press briefing and said he was confident teachers will be there on Sept. 10 despite the opposition.

“Unless folks have a medical accommodation, their job is to come in and serve our kids,” de Blasio told reporters. “And I’m convinced that’s what they’re going to do because that’s what they’ve done their whole lives.”

“This is a professional reality,” he said. “People are going to show up because it’s the right thing to do for our kids.”

Both unions sent letters to de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza on Wednesday calling for a delay to the school year over coronavirus concerns.

The CSA, which represents about 6,100 principals, assistant principals, supervisors and administrators in New York City, said there are still too many unknowns going into this school year — despite the city releasing its final reopening plan last week.

One of those concerns includes the shortage of nurses at city schools.

De Blasio has said nurses, hired by NYC Health Hospitals, will be on hand at every single school during the pandemic, meeting a major demand from the unions. But he didn’t offer more details Thursday.

“No question in my mind, we’ll have them,” he said.

Asked why not delay the return to school for a couple of weeks to give schools more time to prepare, Hizzoner said there’s still plenty of time left to address concerns — which he’s repeatedly said before.

“When you’re a month away from school opening, it’s understandable that there’s still going to be questions that need to be resolved,” he said. “Of course, there’s going to be challenges, but in the end — let’s go address those challenges.”

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