Schools Can Make Plans, But State Will Make Reopening Decision
In more normal times, school children would have about eight more weeks of enjoying summer before heading back to school. But these aren't normal times.
And for now no decision has been made on New York school children returning to in-person classroom instruction by September, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said.
School districts are still be tasked with developing plans for reopening safely for teachers, staff and students to be back in buildings. Cuomo, however, said that's no guarantee state officials will allow buildings to open.
"We obviously would like to," Cuomo said. "We want kids back in school for a number of reasons, but we're not going to send kids back to school until we know it's safe."
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