Outlook on School Openings

School Districts across the State are finalizing plans to submit to the State for re-opening.

To reopen -- hildrenn one districparents, ted administrators may have more questions than answers ....but right now they're moving forward with a reopening.

Newschannel 2's kirk tupaj tells us how the westmoreland school district is preparing.

School districts all over the state are coming up with plans on how to re- open in the fall.

The westmoreland district has a plan in place, but the superintendent and school board members are looking for community input before finalizing a plan to submit with the state.

Superintendent rocco migliori first talked about some of the social distance challenges.

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None sot: rocco migliori, westmoreland school district superintendent our biggest challenge probably right now is how to get everybody there only having 20 kids on a bus.

How to adequately run phys-ed and music classes.

The closest to normal teaching will probably happen with elementary students.

Sot: rocco migliori, westmoreland district superintendent our hope is to get every elementary kid in&every k-6 elementary kid in every day.

So hopefully there won't be that virtual component to that.

But middle and high schoolers can expect changes.

Sot: rocco migliori, westmoreland district superintendent 7-12 it will be 2 our kids in on day 1, the other half in on day 2.

When they're not there, they'll be virtual.

All students and staff will go through daily screenings.

Sot: rocco migliori, westmoreland district superintendent every kid and any adult will be screened every day.

Temperature checks as well as questionnaires.

And the majority of parents seem to understand there will be changes.

Sot: kelley mclaughlin, westmoreland resident covid 19 is not gogawas here a take thoseprecautions.

Pe biggest concern among pares is will their children be required to wear masks.

S: rocco miglioriwestmorelanddistrs willrobably be weing masks all day.

They ould expectthat tt some of the things that their kids are currently useto obably will notappen interms oft as much as we can, and certainly keep the kids safe, but looking like they'll probably be in masks most of the day.

Sot: kirk tupaj i want to make one point perfectly clear, and that is what works for one districtmano.

Cls sizes a spacing willmake a e guidelines on how schools operate could change at a moment's notice.

In westmoreland, i'm kirk tupaj reporting for newschannel 2.> in about a month, hartwick