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Friday, August 20, 2021
Vol. 6, No. 34
Port WashingtonTimes FALL HOME & DESIGN
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Port schools to require masks indoors
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District also to require social distance inside, outdoors for all BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Port Washington school district’s reopening plan, the first to be publicized in public school districts on the North Shore, features indoor mask mandates for all students and staff, along with following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The guidance, published at the district’s Board of Education meeting on Aug. 10, does not require staff to be vaccinated when school begins on Sept. 2, but all students and staff members who have received the coronavirus inoculation are encouraged to provide their school nurse with a copy of their vaccination card. District Superintendent Michael Hynes, in a forum with Newsday on Tuesday, acknowledged that the guidelines would not appease all stakeholders in the district, but took the guidance
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the county into account while drafting them. “We all know, we’re going to have parents that are happy and some parents who are not happy,” Hynes said. Efforts to reach other North Shore districts were unavailing, but some districts may outline their reopening plans soon as they hold the last board meetings of the summer. According to the guidelines, the Port Washington school district will adhere to the prioritizing of in-person education by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Thus no fully remote or virtual learning program will be offered. Students who are quarantined will be able to livestream their classes. According to CDC guidelines, a close contact is defined as someContinued on Page 35
PHOTO BY SAMUELE PETRUCCELLI
North Shore Animal League America celebrated dogs’ birthday at the start of the month. Dog-friendly cupcakes were provided.
Schumer touts $106M to aid the Long Island Sound BY B R A N D ON DUFFY
preserve Long Island Sound by increasing resources in existing federal programs. Senate Majority Leader A $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the U.S. Sen- Charles Schumer stopped by ate last week included $106 Port Washington on Friday to million to protect, improve and announce the “Surge to the
Sound” which he secured in the bipartisan deal. The Sound watershed area is over 16,000 square miles and reaches into New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont Continued on Page 44
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