School officials have estimated that at least 1,000 newly arrived children will start school on September 8th.
Immigrants' rights advocates address reporters outside Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School in the East Village on Thursday. They are calling on New York public school officials to be ready to welcome the children of migrants who have arrived in the city in recent months from Texas. City schools reopen Sept. 8.Immigrants' rights advocates address reporters outside Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School in the East Village on Thursday.
City officials estimated that 7,600 asylum seekers have arrived in recent months from South and Central America, including hundreds who have arrived on buses chartered by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The city’s Department of Education said these numbers include at least 1,000 children who would be starting school next week, many from countries like Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, and Ecuador.
“We hope they can meet the moment,” Ortiz said of school officials, “as the lives of these children are on the line.”kids, ranging from 3 years old to high- school age, would be enrolled in schools throughout the city and offered specialized language assistance, pediatric care, academic help, and mental health resources.
Education department spokesperson Nathaniel Styer said the school system was in a good position to absorb the new students due to“We've lost 120,000 students over the last five years,” Styer said. “These students will be going to schools that are under-enrolled. And whenever there are new needs, we have money available for those new needs.”
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