A new school year often means new notebooks, pencils and folders. For some New York City students this year, that means a new school or even a building.
Public school students returned to class Thursday as administrators reopened Nine new schools And 24 new buildingsSome are replacing old structures.
These changes come as the number of New Yorkers younger than 20 years old A drop of over 186,000 In three years, enrollment in the school system, the nation’s largest, has dropped from a decade ago, according to a recent census data analysis.
But city schools Chancellor David C. Banks has shed light The influx of migrant children as a bright spot. A spokeswoman for the Department of Education also pointed to the need for special programming that could provide new buildings and meet the state’s new needs. Gradually shrink the class size By 2028.
The New York Times visited the new buildings in the four boroughs where they opened Thursday morning.
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