school testing

"We're kind of hoping, and we're being promised that these test kits — over the counter test kits and antigen test kits — are going to become more readily available."

"I'd love to be able to [test] our whole school, but you're talking, you know, 5000 tests a week. We do not have that capacity."

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deemed part of Chemung County an orange "warning" zone and part of Steuben County a yellow "buffer" zone.

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

"When you think about 8- and 9-year-olds having to go through this, your heart breaks for them. They’re sitting there, doing the very best that they can, trying as hard as they can."