Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday, August 7 that New York State schools can open in the Fall. The Governor gives school districts the decision-making authority as to how they will reopen—whether that be in person, remote, or a hybrid model of instruction. Additionally, school districts must:
• Comply with the Department of Health guidelines;
• Post their remote learning and testing and tracing plans online;
• Have 3 to 5 public meetings prior to August 21 with parents (parents may participate remotely);
• Have 1 meeting with teachers to review the district’s reopening plan.
Many local school districts have posted their preliminary reopening plans for the 2020-2021 academic school year. Publicly available school reopening plans and information can be found here:
Binghamton: http://binghamtonschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=512807&pageId=12185517
Chenango Forks: https://www.cforks.org/reopeningplanreleased.aspx
Chenango Valley: https://www.cvcsd.stier.org/ReopeningPlan2020-21.aspx
Johnson City: https://www.jcschools.com/covid-19/district_re-_entry_plan
Maine-Endwell: https://www.me.stier.org/ReopeningPlan2020-21.aspx
Owego: https://www.oacsd.org/ReopeningOACSD.aspx
Susquehanna Valley: https://www.svsabers.org/2020-21SVSchoolReopeningPlan.aspx
Union-Endicott: https://www.uek12.org/Reopening2020-21.aspx
Vestal: https://www.vestal.stier.org/SchoolReopening.aspx
Windsor: https://www.windsor-csd.org/2020-2021ReopeningInformation.aspx
The Attorneys at Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP are available to provide advice and counsel concerning matters related to COVID-19.