Overview
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels said buildings would be open Tuesday with all programs and activities resuming.
- City officials reported roughly 375,000–400,000 participants logged on Monday, equal to about 75–80% of those expected to learn online.
- Families and some teachers cited intermittent Google Classroom crashes, while the Department of Education described only minor hiccups and said issues were resolved with Google.
- Leaders framed the one-day remote shift as a safety measure that preserved required instruction time, noting added holidays have reduced room for traditional snow days; most K–8 students learned remotely while many grades 6–12 were on a planned professional development day.
- Across the U.S., districts took varied approaches to the storm, with some closing entirely and others going virtual as state rules differ, including New Jersey’s limits on remote days and district-by-district decisions in states like New Mexico and Oklahoma.