00:24:39 Juan Otero: Question: Do we need to supply our kids with Hand Sanitizers? 00:25:27 iPhone: If there is a positive case in the child’s class, will will be aware even if our child doesn’t have to quarantine? 00:25:49 Liz Pistone: If the children are able to take their masks off while outside and be able to play together doesn’t that defeat the quarantine guideline. Hence why we are masking the children 00:26:10 Liz Pistone: No 00:26:50 iPhone: Will we be made aware if there is a child in the class that’s tests positive even if our child doesn’t need to quarantine 00:26:56 Liz Pistone: If the children are able to play unmasked on the playground and someone is positive other kids will have to quarantine 00:26:56 Annie Percz: Does classroom instruction stop when each mask break occurs? 00:27:20 natalie: If there is a positive case in our child's class will you be notifying us right away - or only if we need to quarantine? 00:27:41 iPhone: Thank you 00:28:20 natalie: how soon after does the letter go home? same day? 00:29:14 Meagan Irizarry: If their is a positive case on the school bus, will we be aware? 00:29:26 Jenn: Can u work in increasing the amounts of AC in the schools 60% not enough and those rooms can get to 100degrees 00:29:52 Gia A: YES TO THE AC!! Those rooms are so hot 00:29:57 Liz Pistone: If the children are able to Be unmasked outside and someone comes back as positive then the other children will have to quarantine 00:30:21 Liz Pistone: So why have the mask requirement 00:30:44 Carrie Salz-Iori: Is it possible to get more AC in the classrooms? 00:30:56 Liz Pistone: K-2 is in very close contact with each other. Hugging and play and such 00:31:33 Cordova: What is the mode of instruction if some of the kids are identified in the contract tracing when they are required to stay home? 00:31:40 Jaime: Are you requiring teachers to be vaccinated or have weekly testing? 00:31:49 Toni Mena: our budget was already decided this year and I understand that, is it possible to put into our next budget vote a change in the ac and air filtration for next year? I dont see there being NO variants after this and covid disappearing and I'd rather be ready for if it happens again 00:32:15 Rosemarie Ortiz: more a/c in classrooms? 00:32:24 Jenn: It will always be here it needs to be in budget for next year 00:33:03 Wilcken: my first grader is returning from a virtual kindergarten year. Will we be able to go to his classroom on visitation day? Show him around? He has never been inside the building. 00:33:25 Joseph: If quarantined, do you supply Chromebook to the child? 00:33:31 .......: Why is there no guidance provided for students who have covid antibodies, who have less than 1% chance of getting and spreading covid and variants. Bloodwork can be provided. 00:33:46 Jenn Polychronakos: Yes chrome books will go home with students K-5 if they are quarantined 00:33:54 Annie Percz: Will elementary teachers be wearing masks while students are seated and they are teaching? 00:34:04 Jaime: Are you requiring teachers and staff to be vaccinated or have weekly testing? 00:34:26 iPhone: How is that anyones business?!?! 00:34:28 Hannah : Will parents allowed inside the building this year including through visiting week? 00:35:20 Hannah : Thank you 00:38:36 natalie: In 10 days if the rules about masks change will they be fully optional or only when sitting at your own desk? 00:39:09 iphone: Bad weather gym days, are masks required while playing? 00:39:23 iPhone: Why do we start the 31 and other districts start in September and we still get out the same day in june? 00:39:36 Jenn Polychronakos: Indoor PE requires masks if less than 6 feet apart 00:39:47 iPhone: And do then need to wear their masks in gym?? 00:40:21 .......: What are you going to do if a teacher or another staff member is not following YOUR guidance and not allowing the appropriate amount of breaks 00:40:33 natalie: Thank you.. One clarification on my questions though... does that mean optional only at the child's own desk or optional all day long? 00:41:33 iphone: No library class this year? 00:41:39 Jenn Polychronakos: Yes to library 00:42:08 TIM ROBERTS: To be transparent. I experienced Many kindengarden come in with the common cold in the past. Running nose, mild cough etc. How is the school regulating that? Are they being sent home as precaution? 00:42:15 iphone: Ty. I don’t see it on my child schedule. Gym 3x 00:42:56 Vintimilla: If quarantined, would the child then attend school virtually for that time period? 00:43:14 Jenn Polychronakos: If quarantined, then yes virtual instruction is available 00:43:32 Vintimilla: Thanks 00:43:37 .......: Honestly, there is a risk to being the “complaining” parent, telling on teachers about masks. I would like one central person to report to, then dealing with the teacher 00:44:11 Hannah : lol 00:44:47 iphone: How will virtual work for quarantine, the teacher will still be teaching live? There will not be live teaching just assignments through google classroom? 00:45:40 Vintimilla: Is there still a sibling or family member rule when it comes to a positive case in siblings in different school? 00:46:05 Rosemarie Ortiz: what if my child doesn't want to be tested if he is sick? 00:46:19 Vintimilla: of course, thank you 00:46:22 .......: But they are in masks, so there shouldn’t be a spread, right? 00:47:07 iphone: Are dr notes going to be required to return to school if child isn’t feeling well and stays home? 00:47:29 Margarita ’s iPhone: Are there partions / guards at the desk 00:47:41 jami robertson: So if pediatrician doesn’t feel they need to be tested they don’t need to be? 00:48:01 Gia A: Our peds office tests for every sick visit. My little one had diarrhea and they tested her 00:48:05 Matthew Estrada: what are the "cycle days" when you log into schooltool. (says norwood cycle day W) I don't recall seeing that before 00:48:07 Hannah : Mr. Coniglione, You mentioned virtual instruction in upper class for quarantined students. Are they in elementary? 00:48:13 .......: Are they going to require my child gets a covid test, if he clearly has an ailment that has nothing to do with it? For example, he was “constipated” last year, and they made us get a covid test! 00:48:40 Annie Percz: Who is the best contact at the district to discuss the possibility of 504 accommodations due to the change in the mask policy if we feel it may negatively effect our child’s ability to learn in the classroom setting? 00:49:41 Vintimilla: Do kindergarteners get a Chromebook? 00:49:45 Hannah : So, different teacher during the quarantine in elementary? 00:49:46 Rosemarie Ortiz: will I/my child be penalized if he stays home if there is a covid case in his classroom? 00:50:25 Michele Hanrahan: Are they wearing masks indoor for Gym? 00:50:40 Stephan’s iPhone: And if a doctor says that my child can not medically tolerate a mask, will they still have to wear one in class? Does the special Ed department have the authority to determine that 00:50:48 Michelle Conte-Maino: will we be notified if there is a positive case in their classroom? 00:50:49 Jenn Polychronakos: 504 or IEP - contact Mr. Pearl 00:51:21 Annie Percz: Thank you 00:51:44 iphone: If a child refuses to wear a mask, then what? 00:51:44 .......: Can we opt out to all of the covid calls, and just be notified for the building our child is in? Is there a way to push those calls out that way? 00:51:52 Michele Hanrahan: Why can they not take their masks off at their desks? 00:52:13 Cordova: How many students ( my son is in 1st grade) are expected in each class this school year? 00:53:06 Annie Percz: Does classroom instruction stop for mask breaks? 00:53:15 Toni Mena: What happens when they find another variant in october? 00:53:24 Sher & Mike: Will all teachers and staff be tested? If so how often? 00:53:26 Melissa Corey: Can we encourage classroom teachers to take the classes outside whenever possible for lessons outside? 00:53:33 Toni Mena: do we take back any restrictions you pull back on spet 17? 00:53:55 iphone: Snack time everyone will be unmasked, maybe over the 9 minutes in the classroom? 00:54:00 Toni Mena: At this point? Is there a plan to start testing them? 00:54:12 Jenn Polychronakos: No plan to test 00:54:18 Melissa Corey: Sorry! Thank you! 00:55:32 Bob: If the Covid calls do not go out everyone is going to assume everything is ok when that could not be the case. The calls should go out for your kids building. 00:56:06 Hannah : Could you explain how many students around the positive case gets quarantined with masks on? 00:56:10 Cordova: Do we need to buy Breakfast & lunch at the cafeteria this school year? 00:56:19 Liz Pistone: Our scope summer camp had no positive cases this year or last year 00:56:20 Jenn Polychronakos: Breakfast and lunch are free this year 00:57:00 Stephan’s iPhone: Will the special Ed mask exemptions require a CSE meeting? And is the department prepared to handle the influx of those before school starts. And if the doctor says the child can’t handle it are you in a place to go against a doctor’s orders? 00:57:02 Liz Pistone: Sorry! BOCES 00:57:04 Margarita ’s iPhone: During outdoor recess are they wearing masks & social distanced they have t 00:57:06 iphone: Who determines masks were worn properly when determining a quarantine? 00:57:08 Laura Amini: If there’s a positive case in the household, does the student have to quarantine or take a test to come back to school? 00:57:08 .......: DO you have a total of positive cases for 2020? 00:58:46 Toni Mena: Question about mask breaks: why cant all the kids take a mask break at once? I'm assuming when there is a mask break the students can converse with each other? It would be nice for them t all be together in a break to be able to scoialize as much as possible even if it is at their own desks 00:58:51 Vintimilla: If vaccines become available for kids under 12, I'm assuming mask rules may change shortly after? 01:00:20 .......: Do the surrounding kids have to stay out 10 days, or is it like 3 or 4 now? 01:00:58 Mike.: what happen if the child travel abroad during school break? 01:01:37 Wilcken: Are teachers teaching with a mask on or if they are 3 feet apart they can remove their mask? 01:01:52 Rosemarie Ortiz: are masks taken off during speech therapy 01:02:19 Jenn Polychronakos: Masks off during speech with partition 01:03:23 Torres: Snack turns? 01:03:41 Michele Hanrahan: I think the kids are more well behaved than we think in school 01:03:55 iphone: Are all schools eating at desks in the cafeteria? 01:04:19 Margarita ’s iPhone: So if they use a partition they can take masks off while seated or only while speaking 01:04:31 Jackie: Will services (speech/reading) be in the same classroom? Or do students leave for services? 01:04:42 .......: Yeah, just like in school, they dont say anything about the masks, but when they get home, they are crying…. sooo.. 01:05:11 iphone: Can you say which schools don’t have the desks please? 01:05:38 Lisa L: thank you ❤ 01:05:44 Meagan Irizarry: Thank you for your time and information! 01:05:53 Vintimilla: thank you! 01:06:07 iphone: Ty 01:06:10 Laura Amini: Thank you very much 01:06:13 Heather's iphone: I know these are not easy decisions and you can’t please everyone. Thank you. 01:06:20 Jaime: Thank you! 01:06:20 silvers: Thank you so much! 01:06:21 Joanna Borst: Thank you