Clarence parents express concerns over the district's reopening plan

Parents in the Clarence Central School District have many unanswered questions.

The biggest one, will students walk through these doors in September?

FINAL WORD FROMTHE STATE ON WHAT'SHAPPENING WITHSCHOOLS,CLARENCE IS READYTO BRING "K THRU 5"STUDENTS BACK INTHE CLASSROOM FORHALF A DAY, FIVEDAYS A WEEK.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSIS LOOKING ATREOPENING PLANSFOR A DIFFERENTDISTRICT EVERY DAY...AND TONIGHT - WETAKE A CLOSER LOOKAT CLARENCE, WHEREPARENTS TELL OUROLIVIA PROIA..

THEYHAVE CONCERNSABOUT HOW THIS WILLALL WORK.PARENTS IN THECLARENCE CENTRALSCHOOL DISTRICTHAVE MANYUNANSWEREDQUESTIONS.... THEBIGGEST ONE... WILLSTUDENTS WALKTHROUGH THESEDOORS INSEPTEMBER?NICOLE: THERE'SCERTAIN DAYS WHERELIKE I'M JUST GOING TOHOME SCHOOL THEMAND THEN THE NEXTDAY I'M LIKE NO I'MGOING TO SEND THEM.AMY: IF THERE WAS ACHOICE BETWEENREMOTE, HYBRID ANDSENDING MY KIDS FIVEDAYS A WEEK, I WOULDMOST CERTAINLY PICKFIVE DAYS A WEEK.AMY LEACH SAYSSHE'S NOTCONCERNED ABOUTSAFETY.AMY: THE CLARENCESCHOOL DISTRICT HASDONE EVERYTHINGTHEY CAN DO TO MAKESURE OUR KIDS ARESAFE FROM CLEANINGSUPPLIES, TO PPE.

WEHAVE ACTUALLY PLEXICUBICLES THATTHEY'RE GETTING FOREVERY STUDENT.BUT NICOLE CIMATOHAS SOMERESERVATIONS.NICOLE: WE DON'TKNOW THAT PLEXIGLASS DOESANYTHING.

SO I GO OFFOF WHAT SCIENCETELLS US AND THEREARE NO STATISTICSSHOWING THAT PLEXIGLASS CAN SAVE OURKIDS FROM ANYTHING.LEACH SAYS THESCHOOL'S PLANLEAVES ONEIMPORTANT ELEMENTOUT... EDUCATION.AMY: THEY HAVECOVERED ALL THESAFETY MEASURES,BUT US PARENT'SDON'T FEELCOMFORTABLE WITHTHE HYBRID MODEL ORTHE REMOTE MODELBECAUSE THEY HAVENOT PROVIDED USWITH ANYINFORMATION ON HOWOUR KIDS WILL BELEARNING.CIMATO SAYS SHE'SCONCERNED ABOUTKID'S ABILITIES TOLEARN IN THESCHOOL'S HALF DAYHYBRID MODEL... THATHAS HALF OF THESTUDENTS AT SCHOOLIN THE MORNING, ANDTHE OTHER HALFLATER IN THE DAY.NICOLE: I DON'T LOVETHE IDEA OF THE HALFDAYS EVERY DAY.

I'MJUST NOT SURE IF TWOAND A HALF HOURS ISENOUGH FOR THEM TOGET WHAT THEY NEED.STAND UP: THEGOVERNOR ISEXPECTED TO MAKE ADECISION ON WHETHEROR NOT KIDS WILLRETURN TO THECLASSROOM THISWEEK.

IN CLARENCE,OP, 7E