NYSUT: Masks should be mandatory

NYSUT: Masks should be mandatory.

THE NEW YORKTEACHERS UNIONWANTS TO SEE ASTRONGER MASKPOLICY AT SCHOOLSSTATEWIDE.THE UNION IS NOWSENDING A LETTER TOTHE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH... CALLINGFOR REVISEDREOPENINGGUIDANCE...INCLUDING A MASKMANDATE... THAT SAYSMASKS MUST BEWORN AT ALL TIMES.HERE'S 7 EYEWITNESSNEWS REPORTERHANNAH BUEHLER.MASKS MUST BEMANDATEDTHAT'S WHAT THE NEWYORK STATE UNITEDTEACHER'S UNION ISSAYING REGARDINGBACK TO SCHOOLCRITERIATHAT THEY SAY NEEDSTO CHANGESTATEWIDE NOWVO:IN THE GOVERNOR'SORDERS ON SCHOOLREOPENINGIT SAYS THAT MASKSARE STRONGLYRECOMMENDEDAND TEACHERSSTUDENTS ANDFACULTY MUST WEARMASKS WHEN SOCIALDISTANCING IS NOTPOSSIBLE AND MAKESURE A MASK IS WITHTHEM AT ALL TIMESBUTNYSUT SAYS MANYDISTRICTS IN THESTATE HAVE A LAXVIEW ON MASKS.ANDNOT MUCHENFORCEMENT..AND THEY SAY ITNEEDS TO BEMANDATED BY THESTATE THATEVERYONE WEAR AMASK ALL DAY LONG INEACH NEW YORKSTATE SCHOOLDISTRICTSOT: OVER 200DISTRICTS IN NEWYORK STATE A STATETHAT HAS TACKLEDTHE CURVE DON'TUNDERSTAND THATTHE VERY BASIC BASICBASIC SAFEGUARD OFMASKS NEED TO BEWORN IN SCHOOLSAND STRONGLYRECOMMENDEDMEANS THEY NEED TOBE WORNUNLESS THERE IS ANABSOLUUTLEY VITALCOMPELLING REASONNOT TO LIKE EATITHEN WE ARE FORCEDTO TAKE THIS NEXTSTEPCONT.

VOWE HAVE SEENVARIOUS PLANS INWESTERN NEW YORKREGARDING MASKSSOME DISTRICTS LIKEBUFFALO PROVIDINGOUTSIDE MASKBREAKS FORSTUDENTSON CAM:NYSUT SAYSTEMPERATURECHECKS ANDSCREENING IS NOTENOUGHTHE TEACHER'S UNIONSAYS MANY PARENTSAND STAFF FEELSAFER IF STUDENTSWEAR MASKS ALL DAYLONGAND SAYNEIGHBORINGPENNSYLVANIA HASUPDATED ITSREOPENINGGUIDELINES TOMANDATE MASKS.IT'S HOPING NEWYORK DOES