Nicole Fusco-Evans and her husband have a lot on their plates these days.

She’s a nurse working during the pandemic.  

"I don't know what we are going to do," Fusco-Evans said. 

"I can't just say, 'Hey, I need off Monday, Wednesday, Friday," she added.

Her husband runs a Park Slope bar and restaurant.

"He has to be here at the drop of a hat anytime he’s needed," Fusco-Evans said.

That inflexibility in their schedules will make this fall even more difficult when their daughter Olive starts pre-K under the city’s newly announced blended learning plan for public school students .

Children will spend no more than two or three days a week in classrooms, with the balance of the week spent in remote learning. Parents can choose remote learning five days a week, but there is no option for students to spend the entire week in the classroom.  

Fusco-Evans said the plan is a terrible fit for families when both parents work and they don't have child care.

“I can't even wrap my head around it to figure out what we are going to be doing, what days he’s going to work, what days he’s going to work," she said.

The Department of Education estimates about 100,000 elementary school children will need child care. For now, the mayor said child care centers reopening will help some families. He promises to announce more help in the coming weeks.

"We've got a lot to do here, and I feel bad for parents who are juggling so much," de Blasio said. "Child care centers reopening will be helpful for parents. Some parents are going to be able to make it work. Some are going to need help."

Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander said that’s not good enough, especially for low-income and working parents who don’t have flexible schedules.

“It’s hard to do, but we can do it. We have to do it, and we can do it," Lander said

He proposed the city team up with community groups, YMCAs, places of worship and nonprofits that have space to provide child care.

"Think about how we surged up our medical capacity. We opened those tents. We created new hospital units," Lander said. "This is not as hard as that "

Lander said to start, philanthropic groups could pay for it, but eventually, funding would need to come from the federal and state governments.  

Meanwhile, parents like Fusco-Evans are filled with anxiety about the new school year.

"I don’t know what we’re going to do. I really don’t until we find out more," she said.