Schools anxiously await key decisions by Cuomo
Sophie Grosserode – Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK – from the D&C on 7/8/2020 on page A2
New York’s school districts must develop plans to reopen schools in the fall even though the state has not yet produced much-needed health and safety requirements or said what districts’ plans should cover.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo repeated Monday that he has not decided when schools might reopen. He said a decision will be made “when we get the data.”
“There has been no decision yet as to whether or not we are reopening schools,” he said at Monday’s briefing. “We obviously very much would like to.”
In the meantime, all districts have to prepare reopening plans for the state, a task they are currently undertaking without much guidance.