NEW YORK — Longer days, school on weekends and classes during the summer?

A new schedule for New York City public school students is being considered, but incoming schools chancellor David Banks said on "Inside City Hall" on Tuesday evening that any extra hours would not fall on teachers, who have struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Teachers have been just overwhelmed throughout this pandemic," Banks said in an interview with NY1 political anchor Errol Louis. "We're not saying that all teachers are gonna be working on Saturdays, and after school and in the summers. But we really want to invoke the community."

Banks’ plan would involve bringing in community based organizations to help students succeed in their classes and get extra help.

Mayor-elect Eric Adams — who is appointing Banks as chancellor and would have the final say on changes to school schedules — himself has proposed a full-year school year, eliminating summer vacation.

The incoming chancellor also believes in revamping some of the city’s current curricula. He pointed to early reading and how the system can improve to ensure every student learns how to read at their age level.

He argued a phonetic-based curriculum — a program he said is not used as often as it once was — would go back to the basics and help students learn to read in a creative way. What is being taught now needs improvement, the incoming chancellor said.

"A $38 billion annual budget really should be able to produce results for young people," Banks said. "For far too long, it has not."

Banks also called for having parents more engaged in their child’s learning process, something that he believes is crucial to a student’s success.

“We got parents coming from very challenged communities, and they got tough lives, many of them. But they will be involved with their kids and their schools if the message goes out that ‘We really want you to be involved, that we respect you and we don’t see you through a deficit lens.’”

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