Posted on 08/07/2020 9:12:15 AM PDT by Libloather
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said all school districts in the state can open and have students, teachers and staff return based on the low infection rates recorded in every region, but the state leaves the specifics of how to return to classes or whether or when to do so in-person to the school districts themselves.
The governor said the school districts have much work to do to inform their communities, answering the concerns of parents and teachers of the specifics of their reopening plans.
Cuomo said he expects districts to post those specifics for public review "by the end of next week" to facilitate discussions in their communities and answer relevant concerns.
“All school districts in the state can open, everywhere in the state … which is just great news…" he said during a telephonic briefing with reporters. "You look at our infection rate, we are probably in the best situation in the country … so if anybody can open schools we can open schools, and that’s true for every region in the state.”
Cuomo said there are three "highly-questioned areas" that school districts need to address for their communities, namely: their plans for remote learning, their protocols for testing of students and staff and their contact tracing plans in situations where positive COVID-19 results emerge.
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Il Duce Cuomo is probably scared that the citizens will show up at his door with pitchforks, torches, tar and feathers.
The taxpayer stealth war being fought across the nation is simple: “Follow Limbaugh’ suggestion or give us a refund on our tax $’s for schools.
Rush Limbaugh: School reopening debate shows most policymakers ‘have immunity’ from their decisions:
The problem with the decisions by some localities to keep schools closed to in-person instruction this fall, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh argued Wednesday, is that the people responsible for making the final call are typically the least affected by their choices.
“We can’t sit here and let a bunch of people who will never be negatively impacted by this tell the rest of us what to do,” the “Rush Limbaugh Show” host said. “With all due respect, the medical community, people, the doctors, [Dr. Anthony] Fauci and [Dr. Deborah] Birx, they may be brilliant at what they do, but they should not be the people telling us whether schools will open or not. It’s not their level or area of expertise.
“What do they know about it? What do they even care about it, beyond what they think the impact would be on public health?” Limbaugh asked rhetorically. “And they’re just a couple examples.”
The host added that in addition to school reopenings, many officials who have decided to impose restrictions on the larger economy “are not going to be affected by the policy they impose on us.
“You can’t have that,” Limbaugh said. “You cannot have people who have immunity from the policy, making the policy. You just can’t do it. Then what you’re going to have [is] a lot of people who literally have no ability to relate to the everyday problems this virus creates.”
https://www.foxnews.com/media/rush-limbaugh-school-reopening-debate-liberal-policies
Yep, either open them up fully or rebate school taxes.
Our county/city wanted to cut road repair down, the road repaid #$’s come from Gasoline Taxes and previous budgets.
So they wanted our roads to get worse while paying the teachers for doing nothing.
That is not flying very well.
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