"The school year has seen K-8 students scheduled for complete five-day weeks just over half of all weeks, while high-school students face 22 incomplete weeks."
"New York's public-school students now miss school for more holidays than their peers in Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, D.C."
On February 24, Mayor Zohran Mamdani confronted the dilemma of reopening schools amid heavy snowfall. The decision was complicated by the need to meet the 180-day instruction requirement for maximum state funding. A snow day would exacerbate challenges for working parents, as K-8 students have only half of their weeks as complete five-day school weeks. The school calendar has been affected by numerous holidays and staff-development days, leading to more closures than in other major cities. Each closure creates logistical and financial burdens for parents.
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