Schools set out to plan proms, graduations despite uncertainty over rules | The Daily Gazette
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School districts are starting to outline plans for proms and graduation ceremonies this spring, even as they call on state officials to offer school-specific guidelines to work from.
Dozens of superintendents across the region on Wednesday sent a joint letter to state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker asking for new guidelines that specifically address end-of-year school events like proms and graduation ceremonies.
“While schools are eager to commemorate milestone events and help students celebrate in a safe manner, we will not jeopardize our students’ or the public’s health in doing so,” the superintendents wrote in a joint letter from the Capital Region and Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES districts. “Guidance that directly addresses these events is critical.”
Districts to employ mixed approaches to snow days | The Daily Gazette
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CAPITAL REGION Many students across the Capital Region can bank on at least some snow days this winter, but a handful of districts plan to still hold virtual school days when the weather forces buildings closed.
With the first major snowstorm of the season expected overnight Wednesday into the Thursday morning commute, districts will have the first chance to test out their pandemic-era snow day procedures. The State Education Department this year is allowing districts to teach remotely in lieu of what would have been a snow day in past years.
Amsterdam schools go virtual until after holiday break | The Daily Gazette
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Greater Amsterdam School District students won’t return to school for in-person learning until Jan. 4 at the earliest after district officials on Sunday announced they were shifting students to online learning until after the holiday break.
Officials cited rising COVID-19 cases in Amsterdam and across Montgomery County and said the decision was made jointly with the Montgomery County health department.
Amsterdam Superintendent Richard Ruberti in an interview Sunday said more than 50 district staff members were in quarantine as of this weekend, complicating the district’s ability to operate schools for in-person instruction.
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