The school year finally began on Sept. 10 for over 900,000 students in the city’s public school The first much-hyped 2-K program for toddlers launched. This article was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get news about NYC’s public schools.
12 Sep 2026 | 09:08
As her 2-year-old son bounded into his brightly colored preschool classroom on Thursday morning, Mirlene Casimir lingered on the outskirts of the room with other parents.
It was a bittersweet moment for Casimir, a nurse and the daughter of Haitian immigrants.
Her son was part of the inaugural class of...
