Today's cover: NYC officials expect ‘thousands’ of migrant students to arrive in next couple weeks: source
The noon Zoom meeting was attended by state Education Department Commissioner Betty Rosa, New York City School Chancellor David Banks and other officials scrambling to address the issue as the new school year quickly approaches, according to sources.
“City Hall has been in touch with the governor’s office about how to disperse some of them across counties,” a source said. “The city became aware this morning of a very large influx — thousands and thousands of additional migrants.Stephen Yang“Thousands and thousands are coming within the next couple of weeks,” the source continued.
and Governor Hochul’s office to ensure we are coordinating with school districts across the state as we continue to receive large numbers of asylum seeking families each day. In a joint statement, NYS Board of Regents Chancellor Lester Young Jr. and Rosa also said the state Education Department is committed to working with and assisting local governments and educational organizations to ensure relocated migrant families – adults and children – have access to education services.told reporters last week in Albany that Rosa informed her that some school systems “have capacity more than others” for migrant kids.
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