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NYC urged to offer high school students traditional in-person learning
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
Councilmen Steve Matteo and Joe Borelli are calling for the city to make sure high school students returning to campus actually learn in-person, instead of learning remotely while in a classroom. In this file photo, Tottenville High School in Huguenot welcomed back students for the first day of in-person learning on Oct. 1, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Annalise Knudson)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Two Staten Island councilmen are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city Department of Education (DOE) to provide traditional live classroom instruction for high school students returning to campus later this month, after finding out that many would still learn virtually on campus.
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New York schools can’t mandate coronavirus testing consent, state says
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
State education officials said New York schools can t make consent to coronavirus testing a condition of students learning in-person. (Staten Island Advance file photos)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. New York schools and school districts can’t require students to consent to coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in order to attend in-person instruction, state education officials said Tuesday in a new directive.
Kathleen DeCataldo, assistant commissioner at the New York State Education Department (NYSED), sent the directive to superintendents and administrators of schools across the state, explaining that school districts can’t make consent to testing a condition for children attending in-person school and extracurricular activities.
The new state guidance seems to directly contradict the city Education Department’s policy which requires all students in first grade and above to get tested for in-person learning, unless they have a valid medical exemption.