The op-ed was written on behalf of 64 teachers who said the current pandemic calls for the closing of the city's schools.
"Our students are distracted and terrified. Many live in small apartments with grandparents that they do not want to infect. One student spent six periods crying in a department office out of concern that she would spread the virus to her grandmother living with cancer," the teachers stated.
They argued that keeping schools open is a"threat to our global mental health," and cite the measures implemented in South Korea, Italy, and China that have proven to slow down the spread of COVID-19. A student who attends school in Staten Island at I.S. 27 has tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet, de Blasio stated that"this student was NOT in school last week, while symptomatic. Cleaning will happen now, contact tracing will happen immediately and the school will reopen Monday."
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