schools await word from governor

schools await word from governor

Of germs, spreading like wildfire among young children who touch and share everything.

How do you keep masks on the tiniest faces in the classroom, all day?

We checked in with some superintendents awaiting word from the governor this week on reopening.

Including one who just started the job, this week.

Here's newschannel 2's joleen ferris.

Even the most seasoned school superintendents are being tried and tested by the coronavirus...but imagine it's day three on the job of your first superintendency 16:42 'i've never been afraid of a challenge, so that's all right" frankfort schuyler school district's new superintendent, joe palmer, is lucky to be working with long-time superintendent, bob reina, navigating the tsunami known as covid 19 .

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None 13:01 "thankfully, it's a wonderful board and staff and community and the administrative team, we were communicating prior to me starting and also mr. reina's been in constant contact' palmer isn't at much of a disadvantage; no one's ever navigated anything like this 11:31 "i just want everyone to be safe and healthy.

It's a scary time right now" the oneonta city school district is doing all remote learning until october 12th.

9:17 "when you read that 145 page state ed document, it doesn't even sound like school any more.

Kids are gonna be afraid of, many kdis are gonna be afraid of some encounter that they have with another child or even with an adult thinking, 'oh, my gosh, that person just sneezed, even into their mask.

Did some germs escape?

Am i gonna get this?"

Stand up for the littlest students, returning to school safely will involve unlearning a lesson that's been ingrained in them from a very young age 11:01 "some of those key lessons we teach chirenabout ho, we're nna have to tk about w nice it is t to sharfor a whig challenge for the littlest faces 24:34 "we're asking families to start working with their children before they come to school, in terms of their ability to wr e mask and keep it onwe will bld in mk breaks for tudents we will givehem timesthey can d he'll ke a decision bthe end this week onhat backto schn the state.

For now staff, students and parents wait.

Jf, nc2.

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