After weeks of negotiations, community-led testing initiatives, and legal proceedings, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has just released a plan for schools in red and orange zones to reopen.
Specifically, mass testing will be required before school reopens, followed by weekly testing. The state will provide free rapid-result test kits for schools wishing to participate. Details to follow.
Agudath Israek expressed thanks to Assemblyman Mr. Simcha Eichenstein and the other elected officials and advocates who have been championing this cause.
We look forward to working with the yeshiva community and the governor’s office to help implement this plan to reopen our precious yeshivos. And as rates of infection in our neighborhoods continue to b’zras Hashem decline, we look forward for other parts of our community to safely reopen.
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So what’s the plan? Any details
Much of Europe has decided to keep schools open — while locking down basically everything else. Our priorities are backwards.