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With COVID-19 numbers up, should schools remain open for classes?


Utica schools began the year with remote-only learning, but with plans to move fairly quickly into a hybrid learning plan, a change that still hasn’t taken place.
“The biggest issue we are facing,” said Steven Falchi, administrative director of curriculum and instruction K-12, in an email, “is the rise in the number of teachers and staff who are impacted by quarantine and isolation due to the virus. Being able to teach remotely has helped with this significant challenge as teachers have been able to provide consistent instruction to their students from home.”
It’s right that school districts make these decisions based on their own circumstances, according to the New York State School Boards Association. ....

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