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Thank you to the club's advisors and students for honoring these outstanding Americans! SpotLight 30 Day Notice of State Mandated Emergency Health Protocols Posted February 1, 2021 Public Hearing and Adoption on March 9,2021 30 Day Notice of State Mandated Emergency Health Protocols are included in the District-wide Safety and Emergency Plan Comments (-1) We Need Your Voice to Protect NY State Public Education Funding Please go to the link below and then click on the box that reads ' NYS Public Education Funding' . Under Compose Your Message , you can use the text provided or revise it as you like. Enter your information and click on the Send Message button. It should only take a few minutes and will automatically send this important message to our representatives. 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Comments (-1) Message From the Superintendent February 12, 2021 Dear Dobbs Ferry Parents, With the Winter Break upon us, we know that many of you have questions about when we can fully reopen our schools -- meaning full-day, 5-days-per-week operations. Some school districts in Westchester County are already beginning to do this with a portion of their students, and others are engaged in discussions about how to do so sometime this Spring. Through all of this, public school districts are studying the public health guidance, their buildings’ physical limitations, and the costs that would be incurred. And of course, as we have since the start of our closure last March, we are keeping student and staff safety in the forefront of all of our planning. Let me be clear: reopening schools fully is absolutely our goal here in Dobbs Ferry. I need to be equally clear, however, that reaching that goal will be much more complicated than you might imagine. Here are just a few of the factors that we are grappling with and that parents should consider as well: Guidance from the State and County: Public schools in Westchester County are currently operating under guidance that has not been updated since August and that calls for, among other things, 6 feet of social distancing. We would need to receive information or assurance from the relevant authorities (and our insurance carrier) that some flexibility in these standards would be allowed. Although some districts and private schools are changing their practices, the State and County have not changed their guidance to schools. Reduced Social Distancing : Given our student population and the size and layout of our buildings, students and staff would NOT be maintaining the 6 feet of social distancing that is the current public health guidance. In fact, in some circumstances and locations, we would not be able to guarantee even the 3 feet of distancing that many are discussing. We would, of course, strive for the greatest degree of social distancing possible in all spaces as a regular practice, but our building spaces present many challenges in this regard. Eating in School : As the science about COVID-19 has advanced over the course of the last year, it has become increasingly clear that eating and drinking with others indoors presents elevated risks of transmission. Although we would pursue as many options as...