Charter School for Applied Technologies students will kick-off school year at home

Charter School for Applied Technologies students will kick-off school year at home

TO HEAD SAFELY BACKTO SCHOOL.."IS THERE A WAY TOLIKE SET DATES?..."THESE CHARTERSCHOOL FOR APPLIEDTECHNOLOGIESTEACHERS ANDSTAFFERS AREGEARING UP FORANOTHER ROUND OFREMOTE LEARNING.THE FIRST DAY OFSCHOOL IS AUGUST31ST, BUT FORSTUDENTS -- THEYWILL NOT BESTEPPING INTOCLASSROOMS...SUPERINTENDENTANDREW LYLE ISSUEDTHIS ANNOUNCEMENTSAYING THE SCHOOLYEAR WOULD BEGINWITH DISTANCELEARNING UNTILOCTOBER 3OTH.ANDREW LYLE.

"IREALLY TOOK INTOACCOUNT -- THESAFETY ANDWELLBEING OFSTUDENTS, STAFF,FACULTY ANDPARENTS."LYLE SAYS IN ASURVEY FAMILIESOVERWHELMINGSAID THEY WOULDKEEP THEIR CHILD ATHOME...ANDREW LYLE."WEARING A MASK -BEING SIX FEET APART -HAVING HALF YOURCLASS BACK IN THEREI DON'T KNOW HOWMUCH REALINSTRUCTIONS GOINGTO GO ON THEREEITHER."===BUTT===CYNTHIA DIETRICH.

"IWAS HOPING TO HAVEHYBRID TO BECOMPLETELY HONEST."BUT PARENT CYNTHIADIETRICH OF BUFFALOSAYS SHE WOULDHAVE PREFERRED ARETURN TO SCHOOL...CYNTHIA DIETRICH.

"ITWOULD BE NICE TOGET THE KIDS BACK INSCHOOL IMMEDIATELY -HOWEVER - I DO KNOWTHERE'S PRECAUTIONSTHAT NEED TO BETAKEN AND I DOBELIEVE THESUPERINTENDENTMADE THE DECISIONBASED ON WHAT'SBEST FOR THE KIDS."DIETRICH HAS TWODAUGHTER'SATTENDING THECHARTER SCHOOL.

ASECOND GRADER AND16-YEAR-OLD MIAWHO WILL BE A JUNIORAT THE HIGH SCHOOL...MIA.

"DO YOU WANT TOBACK - EVEN THOUGH-WE KNOW THISPANDEMIC ISCONTINUING?

YEAHFOR SOME OF MYCLASSES - SOME OFTHEM ARE HARDER TOLEARN."THERE ARE MORETHAN 2-THOUSANDSTUDENTS WHOATTEND IN K-THROUGH12 AT THE SCHOOL'STWO BUFFALOCAMPUSES ONKENMORE AVENUEAND HERTEL AVENUE.EILEEN BUCKLEY.

"ANDFOR THE MORE THAN500- 6TH-8TH GRADERS- WHO ATTEND THECHARTER'S MIDDLESCHOOL HERE INNORTH BUFFALO.THEYTOO WILL BE REMOLEARNING"THE SUPERINTENDENTSAYS IT WAS A TOUGHDECISION TO MAKE.HE SAYS IF HISCHILDREN WERE STILLYOUNG - HE WOULDNOT SEND THEMBACK TO CLASS..ANDREW LYLE.

"IF YOUHAVEKINDERGARTENER KIDSSOME THEM - HAVE AHARD TIME KEEPINGSHOES.AND STUFF ONI CAN'T IMAGINETRYING DO IT WITH A -OH -YOU'VE GOT TO BEMASKED UP."THE SCHOOL WILLDECIDE AT THE END OFOCTOBER IFSTUDENTS MIGHT BEABLE TO RETURN BYNOVEMBER.IN BUFFALO, EILEENBUCKLEY, 7 EWN.