NYC details summer school learning plans for nearly 180,000 students

In this file photo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza hold a media availability on COVID-19 on March 15, 2020.(Ed Reed / Mayoral Photography Office)

Pre-recorded lessons will be part of summer school for thousands of New York City students, the mayor and schools chancellor said Tuesday.

For about 67,000 students in grades three through eight, there will be classes four days per week for six weeks, starting July 13, officials said.

About 83,000 high schoolers will get classes every weekday, starting on the same date. For about 27,700 students with disabilities, classes will start July 1.

The city will provide “virtual field trips,” “virtual clubs” and e-books to reduce the tedium of online learning, said Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza.

Lesson plans will include “live or pre-recorded” instruction, they said, though they did not provide detail.

Carranza promised summer school would “keep our students on track and ready to hit the ground running in September.”