NCCC implements guidelines for students to return to campus

NCCC implements guidelines for students to return to campus

GOOD EVENING ONCEAGAIN...I'M KEITH RADFORD...AREA COLLEGES ANDUNIVERSITIES ARERAMPING UP FOR ANEW SEMESTER..BUT IT WILL BE MUCHDIFFERENT WITHCOVID-19RESTRICTIONS INPLACE.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSSENIOR REPORTEREILEEN BUCKLEY SAYSSTUDENTS WILL BERETURNING TO MANYCAMPUSES IN LATEAUGUST UNDER NEWRULES TO KEEP THEMSAFE...FROM THE MOMENTYOU ENTER CAMPUSOF NIAGARA COUNTYCOMMUNITY COLLEGECAMPUS INSANDBORN... CDCGUIDELINES ARE INPLACE...MAURICE JACKSON.

"IKNEW.THERE WASGOING TO BEDIFFERENT CHANGESI DIDN'T EXPECT TOBE OF THISMAGNITUDE."STUDENT MAURICEJACKSON OF NIAGARAFALLS SAYS HE WASEXCITED TO BE BACKON CAMPUS....WHERESUMMER LABSESSIONS AREUNDERWAY.FIRST UP - A HEALTHSCREENING.EILEEN BUCKLEY.

"ONEOF THE FIRST THINGSWILL HAVE TO DO HEREAT NCCC IS GET THEIRTEMPERATURESCHECKED."===BUTT==="NORMAL BODYTEMPERATURE.PLEASE PASS."AFTER ATEMPERATURE CHECK-- IT'S TIME FORQUESTIONS ABOUTPOSSIBLE COVIDSYMPTOMS...WAYNE LYNCH.

"SO WHAVE A REAL LIVE FEEDOF WHO'S BEEN IN OURBUILDING.AT WHATTIME AT ANY POINT INTIME THAT WE CANIMMEDIATELY TURNTHAT DOCUMENTATIONORDER TO THECOUNTY."WAYNE LYNCH IS THECOLLEGE'S VICEPRESIDENT OFOPERATIONS.THE NEW FALLSEMESTER STARTSAUGUST 31 WITH A MIXOF ON CAMPUS ANDON-LINE LEARNING.THE SCHOOL HASWORKED TO ENSURESTUDENTS, FACULTYAND STAFF WILL BESAFE...WAYNE LYNCH."EVERYTHING FROMHAND SANITIZER TODAILY CLEANING TOREALLY INSTITUTING TOWHAT'S REALLY AHEALTH CARE LEVELTECHNOLOGY FROM ASCREENING STANDPOINT TO AND ASANITATIONSTANDPOINT."THERE ARE HANDSANITIZER'S IN THEHALL WAYS ANDPLEXIGLAS HAS BEENADDED TO SCIENCELABS...EILEEN.

"WHAT WILL DOTO MAKE SURE THAT IFTHERE WERE TO BECASES STARTING TOCOME IN THAT WEREFROM THECAMPUS.WOULD THATSHUT YOU DOWN.?"===BUTT===WAYNE LYNCH.

"WEHAVE A DE-ESCALATIONPLAN AS PART OF OUROVERALLREOPENING.THERE'SALSO A RE-CLOSINGPLANUNFORTUNATELY."IN AMHERST...DAEMENCOLLEGE IS GETTINGREADY TO REOPEN --AND WILL REQUIREMANDATORY COVIDTESTING FOR ALLSTUDENTS, FACULTYAND STAFF.ERIE COUNTYEXECUTIVE MARKPOLONCARZ SAYS HEHASN'T HEARDANYTHING FROM AREACOLLEGES ANDUNIVERSITIES...MARK POLONCARZ.

"IHAVEN'T HEARD A PEEPFROM MOST OF THOSECOLLEGES.BECAUSETHEY WERE BASICALLYWAITING FOR THEGUIDANCE FROM NYSFOR HIGHEREDUCATION WHICHJUST CAME OUT ABOUTA WEEK AND A HALFAGO."BUT BACK AT THE N-TRIPLE C CAMPUS...THEY'RE READY TOFACE THE PANDEMICIN A SMART AND SAFEWAY...MAURICE JACKSON.

"IAM MORE THAN HAPPYTO KNOW THAT NCCC ISDOING EVERY THING ITCAN TO MAKE SURELIKE THE WHOLECORONA VIRUSDOESN'T SPREAD."IN NIAGARA COUNTY,EILEEN BUCKL