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The district will need to test around 20 percent of those coming into the schools—including teachers, students and staff—each week.

“You want to make sure cases still aren’t growing, even if they’re underneath the 100 threshold over a two week period."

Hartwick College has reported only two positive student COVID-19 cases so far.

Amy Molloy with the association said mental health and social-emotional learning should be top priorities for schools as they reopen.

Eventhough the new law essentially allows universal mail-in balloting, the Governor says New Yorkers might still be confused about how to actually request the absentee voting forms.

Earlier this month the college stepped back it's initial plans and announced that students in states on the New York travel advisory list could not return to campus this fall.

"It’s, it’s awful. And it’s not for a lack of the teachers doing an amazing job. And it’s not for a lack of everyone trying their hardest and their best."

“Teachers are always paying for things out of the goodness of their hearts, and they’re not paid that much, but this one is so expensive we’ve got to get federal help."

“Before this whole thing, I thought I would’ve thrown my life in front of kids to save them. Now it’s like asking us to go in and risk our lives.”

“If parents are going to have to go to work and the kids are at home, that’s just an absolute nightmare."