New York State will decide by early August if schools can reopen in September after a monthslong shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Wednesday.
The state will publish guidelines on schools reopening by July 13, Cuomo said, and school districts will have to submit their plans by July 31.
New York will decide between Aug. 1 and 7 whether schools can reopen for the fall semester in any form, the governor said at a media briefing.
On Trump:
Cuomo said despite President Donald Trump’s calls this week that schools must reopen in September, the decision was up to state governors.
On Wednesday, Trump said he opposed some of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines — which include mask wearing by students and teachers — on reopening schools, although he did not clarify his specific objections. Vice President Mike Pence said revised guidelines would be coming out shortly but sidestepped questions about whether they were being changed to address Trump's concerns, The Associated Press reported.
New York State education officials including Chancellor Betty A. Rosa, the Board of Regents, and Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe criticized Trump for pressuring schools to reopen even if it is not safe.
"The rhetoric from Washington D.C. calling on schools to be fully open with in-person classes this fall regardless of the status of the COVID-19 pandemic is a callous disregard for human health and safety, and puts the lives of those we have worked tirelessly to protect in jeopardy," they said in a statement.
“Any decision on the reopening of school buildings should be made based on the best science, data and guidance available from state and federal health professionals. To completely disregard what we have learned so far about this virus and require schools to open under the threat of losing funding during a time when state, local and school budgets are already facing extreme shortfalls is reckless and plays politics with our children’s futures," the statement said.
I think we are finally all caught up for the day on where it all stands currently. What a state of confusion we're in.
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Both Cuomo and Carannza mentioned the H-Vac systems being upgraded in all schools. My school as I'm sure many others do not have an a/c system. Our hallways have terrible air quality prior to this pandemic. Our classroom has several windows but only a few open from either the top or bottom when a time all will need to open from both directions. What about schools with no ventilation systems?
You mean like in March when you brought teachers back for in-school PD days despite knowing there was high infection spread in buildings? Or earlier when you refused to close school despite pleas from parents, teachers, medical professionals and anybody who wasn't insane?
It is a good thing there is less crime and we don't need these people any more.
NYPD limits retirement applications amid 400 percent surge this week
https://nypost.com/2020/07/08/nypd-limits-retirement-applications-amid-411-surge-this-week/
We just got a letter from Carranza in our doe email that again said absolutely nothing.
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