CNY school districts plan to bring more kids back to the classroom in coming weeks
Updated Mar 06, 2021;
Posted Mar 06, 2021
Students line up to go the cafeteria at Dr. Weeks Elementary. The Syracuse City School District opened for the first day of hybrid learning in the 2020-21 school year on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com
Facebook Share
Syracuse, N.Y. A day after Onondaga County threw open the doors for school districts to bring more kids back into their classrooms, many school districts said they are already planning students’ return to a more normal schedule.
“We are working to make this change take effect as quickly as possible,” Fayetteville-Manlius Superintendent Craig Tice said in a statement. “We have been planning for this shift as our goal has always been to return students to the classroom full time.”
Snow days or remote days: Why some schools are sticking with tradition instead of going remote
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
A school bus travels down Lodi St. in Syracuse Wednesday morning, March 6, 2019, Michael Greenlar | mgreenlar@syracuse.com Michael Greenlar | mgreenlar@syrMichael Greenlar | mgreenlar@syracuse.com
Facebook Share
New York state this year gave school districts permission to switch to remote learning rather than use a snow day when the weather turns nasty.
But Thursday many Central New York school districts closed due to the snow instead of going remote. Why?
Most Central New York district officials contacted by Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard said they are sticking with traditional snow days because switching to remote instruction on a dime is too difficult. Most districts make the call to open or close early in the morning, just hours before school would normally start.