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FILE \u2013 A snowfall in Central Park in February 2024.<\/p>\n
Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n
With a major snowstorm expected to hit the Big Apple on Sunday,<\/a> students at NYC public schools might just get the next day off. Or, at least off from navigating the hallways and classrooms of school.<\/p>\n Remote lessons will be provided in lieu of in-person classes on Monday, should the storm turn out to be severe, new Schools Chancellor\u00a0Kamar Samuels<\/a> said on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n Reporters on PIX11 Morning News<\/a> asked Samuels if schools will be open on Jan. 26, a day after a potential snowstorm hits the city area amid a cold snap. Forecasters are already saying the current storm track gives the city a more than 70% chance of receiving 6 or more inches from the storm.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s early, let\u2019s see where we go,\u201d Samuels said with a chuckle. \u201cI will say we\u2019re going to be doing virtual learning either way.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Snow or no snow, many students will get to stay home on Jan. 26 anyway. It is a professional development day for middle and high school teachers. Students in these schools do not attend class.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Nonetheless, the tradition of students going sledding, watching \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d or just sleeping in late on snow days are long gone. They ended in 2022, when education officials shifted to virtual learning during the COVID-119 pandemic. They recognized that remote technology could work at other times, too, including during inclement weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n Per NYS law, students must attend class 180 out of 356 days. Virtual learning allows schools to meet that requirement, even when it snows during class time.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSchools providing remote instruction due to conditions detailed in Commissioner\u2019s Regulation \u2026are in session and may report these days as instructional, so long as the instruction is authorized, and consistent with Commissioner\u2019s Regulations\u2026 and district remote instructional plans,\u201d the state education department notes on its website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, public school students in NYC can look forward to an extra special treat next month, when schools are closed for midwinter recess, Feb. 16 to 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE \u2013 A snowfall in Central Park in February 2024. Photo by Dean Moses With a major snowstorm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[67,9,56,63,65,64,48646,48647,48648],"class_list":["post-107758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-education","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-public-schools-chancellor-kamar-samuels","tag-snow-days-in-school","tag-virtual-learning-in-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}