Test To Stay program starts in Erie County
More than 20 school districts and several private schools are participating in the program so far.
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More than 20 school districts and several private schools are participating in the program so far.
Beginning Monday, school districts throughout Erie County will roll out Test to Stay, a COVID policy aimed at keeping kids in school. County health leaders agree it’s important to keep children in classroom settings. The president of the Buffalo Niagara Superintendents Association, meanwhile, says local schools were already prepared to go before getting the county’s guidance Friday.
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New York State is supplying more than 5-million COVID test to schools state-wide with some arriving over the weekend. School leaders are hoping the test kits will provide negative results to keep students in school.
The at-home kits were divvied up and picked up by 19 different school districts in Erie County for distribution.