Governor Cuomo has announced the introduction of “The COVID-19 Report Card,” described as “an online dashboard which tracks real-time COVID-19 infections and testing operations of every New York school and school district.”
The governor is directing all schools, local health departments, labs and testing sites statewide to collect and report the data. NYC schools are currently scheduled to reopen on September 21.
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- The dates in which students and staff members became positive, specifying the school and district they belong to.
- Whether the school / district is hosting in person vs. remote lessons.
- The number of students and faculty members at each school.
- The percentage of students and faculty who test positive.
- How many tests are being given at each school, and details of those tests.
- The most recent update provided by each school.
“The COVID-19 Report Card will give parents, faculty and students the most up-to-date information on the status of their school and their school district’s testing and results. I urge our school communities to stay vigilant and be smart,” says Cuomo.
The website is designed to be user friendly, the press release states. Users will be able to type in their address to find all reported positive cases within their school and district.
The data will be updated in real-time and will be viewable here.
Here’s a video of Governor Cuomo’s press conference in which he discusses this new directive:
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First day of school and I saw clusters of unsupervised junior high school students and no social distancing right after school hours
I thought I would let you know what I saw the last two days after school in two separate commercial areas near the middle school in a Long Island village . I saw this happen yesterday afternoon, end of first day of school, Sept 8th around 3:30 PM in a shopping plaza called Airport Plaza at the outside tables of the Tropical Smoothie restaurant in Farmingdale on Route 110 and Conklin St.. The students were just out of their first day of classes and they were running around unmasked and coughing and throwing containers of their drink on the sidewalk. They were riding their bikes. This was a group of about 4 or 5 young people together, no masks.
It appeared there is no social distancing. It seems they were unsupervised and are reporting to no one. The important question is what are they doing after school.
The same thing happened today , the second day of school, when I drove past a Starbucks coffee shop, 121 Secatogue Avenue, that is connected to the Long Island Railroad station in the village of Farmingdale on Long Island. There are businesses and restaurants on this stretch of street by the address 121 Secatogue Ave Farmingdale. Here in front of the coffee shop on a big sidewalk with several stores and restaurants close by at the train station were about 9 or 10 junior high school students clustered together very close, some wore masks in this group, but they were very close together. This location is a five minute walk from the Farmingdale Middle School.
I think we need to make parents more aware of what their middle school aged children may be doing right after school and before the kids get home.
I am not sure how this span of time should be handled.