As Orange & Yellow Zones Begin To Fade, Schools Are Cautious About Lifting Restrictions

As the coronavirus micro cluster regulations over Monroe county slowly begin to lift, schools are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Districts like East Irondequoit have had one foot in the orange zone since November, but remain optimistic now that the zones are disappearing. They’ve been testing 20% of the population monthly and will continue to do so until told otherwise by Albany.

At first, the regulation that said schools would need to prioritize COVID-19 testing sounded like a daunting task, but communications director of East Irondequoit said that things ended up being easier than they thought:

“We haven’t gotten anything from the state regarding that we have to pull back on our testing so we’d rather err on the side of caution in case something comes out and says this doesn’t apply to schools or something like that. We will stop if the state actually comes out and says, ‘you don’t have to do this,’ because anything we can do to make things as close to normal as possible we’re gonna try and do.”

Source:
RochesterFirst.com