New York City Summer School: First day of ‘Summer Rising’ kicks off for students [Video]

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — Students in New York City may be on summer break — but a unique combination of summer school and summer camp kicked off Tuesday for more than 100,000 students.

The Summer Rising program is back in full force after some concerns that it would be brought down by budget cuts.

New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks was at MS 210 in Ozone Park on Tuesday to help kick off the summer season of learning.

The program is held across the five boroughs and the days consist of academics in the morning and then activities in the afternoon with community-based organizations.

There were concerns heading into the summer about what the program would look like after the city made some cuts, blaming the asylum seeker crisis and the pandemic.

But, the money was restored to allow the program, which costs $350 million to operate, to run fully.

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