Cuomo: "Parents have to be included" in fall school plan

Cuomo: "Parents have to be included" in fall school plan

Cuomo reiterated that his ultimate decision on whether school districts can reopen this fall will be based on the viral transmission spread, on a region by region basis.

GOOD EVENING - I'MJEFF RUSSO...TONIGHT -- PARENTS --STUDENTS -- ANDSEVEN HUNDREDSCHOOL DISTRICTSSTATEWIDE -- ARE ALLANXIOUSLY AWAITINGWORD FROM THEGOVERNOR.WILL SCHOOLSREOPEN THIS FALL?7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER NIKKIDEMENTRI SHOWS USWHAT THE GOVERNORIS SAYING ABOUT THETOUGH DECISION --MAKING SUREEVERYONE RETURNSSAFELY TO SCHOOL.THE CLOCK IS TICKINGFOR CUOMO TOANNOUNCE HISDECISION ONSCHOOLS REOPENINGTHIS FALL.IT'S SAID TO COMETHIS WEEK.JUSTDAYS AFTERDISTRICTS ACROSSTHE STATE HAD TOSUBMIT THEIRREOPENING PLANS TOTHE STATE HEALTHDEPARTMENT."THERE ISUNCERTAINTY.

THAT'SWHY I SAID ALL ALONG,THAT'S WHY I SAID ALLALONG BART I'M NOTGOING TO MAKE ANYDECISIONS BEFORE IHAVE TO."IT WILL BE A REGIONBY REGION APPROACHTO REOPENINGSCHOOLS BASED ONTHE VIRALTRANSMISSIONSPREAD.CUOMO HAS SAID INTHE PAST ANY REGIONWITH A 14-DAYAVERAGE DAILYINFECTION RATE OFFIVE PERCENT ORLOWER CAN REOPENTHEIR SCHOOLS."IF THE FACTSCHANGE, THEN OURGAME PLAN WILLCHANGE."LESS THAN 1% OF ALLTESTS ACROSS THESTATE WEDNESDAYWERE POSITIVE.FOR THE LAST THREEDAYS POSITIVETESTS IN WESTERNNEW YORK FELLBELOW 1.1%.BUT IT'S MORE THANJUST DATA.CUOMOSAYS THE ULTIMATEDECISION IS UP TOPARENTS ANDTEACHERS."BECAUSE IF THETEACHERS SAY I'MNOT COMING BACK ORTHE PARENTS SAY I'MNOT SENDING MYCHILD THENWHATEVER THESCHOOL DISTRICTSAYS IS IRRELEVANT."AND PARENT OPINIONSACROSS WESTERNNEW YORK DIFFER."RIGHT NOW, WITHVERY LITTLEINFORMATION AND AMONTH OUT FROMSCHOOL, THERE'S NOWAY I WOULD SENDMY KID IF SCHOOLWAS STARTINGTOMORROW.""I WOULD START IT OFFSTAGGERED, JUST TOSEE IF WE HAVE ANUPTICK OR THERE AREISSUES OR IF THEPROTOCOLS AREN'TWORKING."THE BUFFALO PARENTTEACHERORGANIZATIONWEIGHING IN BYRELEASING ASTATEMENT AHEAD OFTHEIR NEWSCONFERENCEFRIDAY.IN PARTSAYING IT BELIEVESREMOTE LEARNINGAND A DELAYED STARTTO THE SCHOOL YEARSHOULD BE THESTANDARD THIS FALL.CUOMO URGES ALLSCHOOL DISTRICTS TOSPEAK WITH PARENTSAND TEACHERS."I SAY THE SCHOOLDISTRICTS HAVE TOTALK TO THE PARENTSBECAUSE IF YOUDON'T HAVE THEPARENTS, WE'RETALKING TOOURSELVES."ND, 7EWN.