Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo New York City reports zero COVID-19 deaths for the first time since the pandemic hit Florida health officials agreed to receive remdesivir of New York before DeSantis rejected the offer Cuomo says Northeast will likely see a surge in the cases of COVID-19 due to the increase in other parts of the country MORE (D) released a plan Monday for schools to reopen based on regional level of coronavirus infection rates.
“Everyone wants to reopen schools. I want to reopen schools, everyone wants to reopen schools, “Cuomo said during a briefing. “It is not like that, we reopen or not. Reopen if it is safe to reopen. How do you know it is safe? You look at the data.
Schools will reopen if a region is in phase four of the state’s reopening and if the daily infection rate remains below 5 percent on an average of 14 days in the first week of August, the governor said. Schools will close if the regional infection rate is greater than 9 percent for an average of seven days.
We all want schools to open, but it has to be safe. In NY we will decide based on the data.
Schools will reopen if a region is in Phase 4 and the daily infection rate remains below 5% (14-day average).
Schools close if the regional infection rate is greater than 9% (7-day average) after August 1.
– Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) July 13, 2020
“We are not going to use our children as a litmus test and we are not going to put our children in a place where their health is in danger,” Cuomo said. “It’s just that simple intelligence and common sense can still determine what we do even in this crazy environment. We are not going to use our children as guinea pigs. “
The New York State Department of Education released a guide for schools and districts to follow as they plan to reopen, either for face-to-face or remote learning or a combination of both, but is leaving decisions on plans to compensate the districts.
All districts and schools must create and submit to school wide reopening plans to the state department of education by July 31.
The State Department lists the guidance for the facilities, which can pose one of the biggest hurdles as schools seek to bring students back in the fall. The guidance of the department of education indicates that schools can expand their physical footprint or change the way they use space to help promote social distancing.
The state also calls on schools to continue to “meet or exceed ventilation requirements” and to consult with design professionals to increase ventilation and filtration.
The state guide also says that districts will be required to perform regular school bus disinfection and train school bus staff regarding social distancing on the bus, at stops, and at times of unloading.
To help with chronic absenteeism, the state guide said that schools should use “a variety of creative methods to reach students and families who have not engaged in distance learning.”
New York was once the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, but since then the state has managed to control the outbreak of the virus as it arises in other parts of the country. Some northern counties of the state never experienced high levels of coronavirus cases.
The Trump administration has been pushing for schools to reopen. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Elizabeth (Betsy) Dee DeVosPressley beats DeVos for reopening schools: ‘I would not trust you to take care of a house plant, much less my son’ Teachers confront Trump at the reopening of the school The battle for reopening of schools heats up MORE The administration’s push to reopen schools doubled on Sunday, telling CNN that “the rule should be that children return to school this fall,” with exceptions in “small outbreak” areas that can be treated on a case-by-case basis. .
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published guidelines on reopening school. President Trump
Donald John TrumpDavis: The Supreme Court decision is bad news for Trump, good news for Vance Meadows trying to root out suspected White House leakers by providing them information: Axios Pressley beats DeVos for reopening of schools : ‘I would not trust you to worry about a house plant, much less my son’ MORE Last week, he described federal agencies’ guidelines on opening schools as “very difficult and expensive.”
DeVos said the guidelines “are intended to be flexible and should be applied as appropriate to the situation.”
Cuomo also criticized Trump’s push for schools to reopen.
“I was wrong about the economic reopening. He is wrong about the reopening of the schools, ”said the governor on Monday.
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