Chancellor David Banks announced a new plan to increase school safety. (Staten Island Advance/ Jan Somma-Hammel)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As New York City public school students prepare to return to campus on Thursday, Schools Chancellor David C. Banks announced a new plan to reimagine school culture and safety.

Banks shared the administration’s approach to providing every student with a supportive and safe learning environment — both emotionally and physically — in public schools, using extensive resources in communities and the school system to provide support directly at the school level.

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