{"id":34872,"date":"2024-10-31T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=34872"},"modified":"2024-10-31T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:25:11","slug":"mayor-adams-chancellor-aviles-ramos-uft-president-mulgrew-announce-extra-recess-day-on-december-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/34872","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Adams, Chancellor Aviles-Ramos, UFT President Mulgrew announce extra recess day on December 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: New York city Mayor Eric Adams, New York city Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew announced that December 23, 2024 \u2014 previously a school day on the 2024-2025 school year calendar \u2014 will now be a non-school day for New York City Public School students.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This collaborative decision will give staff, students, and their families an extra day to spend together during the winter recess.<\/p>\n

The change comes after discussions between teachers, parents, and labor partners to find a commonsense solution that meets the needs of the community during the hectic holiday season.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s 180-day school year requirement will still be met, ensuring students receive the full instructional time they need. This means students will not lose any classroom time despite the extra day off during the winter break.<\/p>\n

This calendar adjustment demonstrates the city’s commitment to balancing the social-emotional needs of the school community with the academic requirements set forth by New York state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinter break this school year will now start one day early, on December 23rd, so that everyone can enjoy the extra time with family and friends,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that a one-day week would not be well attended \u2014 so this just makes good sense. Our children\u2019s education will not be short-changed, so we will still maintain the required 180 days of instruction.\u00a0I want to thank the teachers, parents, and our labor partners at the UFT who helped us make this good sense decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWinter is a time for gathering, joy, and reflection,\u201d said\u00a0<\/strong>Public Schools Chancellor Aviles-Ramos.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy giving our students and staff this extra day off, we\u2019re not just making the season brighter; we\u2019re ensuring that our young learners have the chance to recharge their batteries before the new year. We are excited to give them the gift of time to shine!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am glad we could reach this resolution together. It is the right decision to give our students and educators more time with their families,\u201d said\u00a0Michael Mulgrew, president, United Federation of Teachers. \u201cIt helps everyone come back from winter recess refreshed and ready for the rest of the school year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn New York City, we are committed to a school calendar that reflects the needs of all New Yorkers. I was proud to lead and win the fight for the Diwali school holiday, with the support of Mayor Adams, President Mulgrew, and the New York City Public Schools system,\u201d said\u00a0New York\u00a0State Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Friday, for the first time over 200,000 Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh children will celebrate the day without having to miss school. Today we continue our work to shape a responsive school calendar by designating\u00a0December 23, which falls on a Monday in 2024, as a recess day. We are effectively giving hundreds of thousands of students and families an extra three-day weekend to prepare for holiday celebrations and travel to visit loved ones. Together, we will ensure that the nation\u2019s largest school system is always centered on the needs of families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe addition of an extra recess day\u00a0on December 23\u00a0will help our city’s students and their families get the holiday season off to a great start,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0<\/strong>Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m pleased that the 180-day requirement will still be met, even with the addition of this extra recess day. I hope all of our city’s public-school students, teachers and staff enjoy the holidays and will be refreshed and ready to return to school\u00a0on January 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very glad to see that Monday, December 23, has been made a non-school day, allowing families to properly start their winter breaks when school lets out on Friday the 20th,\u201d said\u00a0New York City Councilmember Justin Brannan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am especially proud and not surprised that this commonsense idea came from a Bay Ridge student. We were able to take a constituent\u2019s good point and turn it into a policy decision that will make the holiday season a little bit brighter for families across New York City, all without shortening the 180-day school year. That\u2019s government working the way it\u2019s supposed to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that students, teachers, and families will have this added day for rest and connection before the holidays,\u201d said\u00a0New York City Council Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks-Powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to the administration,\u00a0the United Federation of Teachers, and our city’s families for their leadership on this initiative, which\u00a0shows the power of collaboration to bring meaningful benefits to our school communities. I hope these families and students\u00a0enjoy a joyous winter recess.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: New York city Mayor Eric Adams, New York city Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew announced that December 23, 2024 \u2014 previously a school day on the 2024-2025 school year calendar \u2014 will now be a non-school day for New York City Public School students. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34874,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34872\/revisions\/34874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}