I haven't been following too closely, but I do know that when the numbers in areas of Brooklyn and Queens went up, they closed only those schools, so why on earth would they close every single school bc people in Staten Island refuse to wear masks? The infection rate in my area of Manhatten is less than 1% so it just doesn't make sense. Is there nothing we can do, or is our fate in the hands of Carranza alone???

The % positive rate has been dropping infinitesimally the past two days instead of continuing to skyrocket, https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page
so maybe if it levels for a sec they will have time to organize something better? Meanwhile our teacher said they all got a letter fron Micheal Mulgrew saying to pack up as if Friday was the last day, and one of my kids got a packet of supplies to take home [shudder]
Cuomo just said that schools in the city should remain open even if the numbers go above 3%. He said that the facts have changed and the infections within schools are less than 1% and outside they are 3% so we should keep kids inside schools where they are safer. I'm praying DeBlasio listens!
Because the goal is to demoralize you.
I have personally pounded the table for in-person school BUT I actually agree that the right thing to do is to shut them down between Thanksgiving and MLK day.
There are just too many variables with the holidays. We have to be realistic.
It's because that's what DeBlasio said he would do, and my understanding is that is the agreement he reached with teachers. I believe that the City should be flexible on that initial threshold.
OTOH, I see the argument that teachers and families come from all over the City for any school, so targeted measures have limited efficacy.