SUNY Oneonta Spring Reopening Plan

SUNY Oneonta is working on a reopening plan for the spring of 2021, and it comes with some changes.

Newschannel 2's kirk tupaj has the details.

Suny oneonta is working on getting students back to college starting january 25.

Students and employees must be screened 14 days prior to returning to campus, and will be require to complete daily health screenings.

Suny oneonta acting president dennis craig says the new plan also comes with some scheduling changes.

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None sot: dennis craig, suny oneonta acting president spring break has been eliminated, and the academic calendar has been adjusted because these long periods of breaks have been associated with covid infections, and ultimately bringing covid back to the community that the community member came from.

In addition to safety concerns, testing is likely going to be ramped up campus- wide.

Sot: dennis craig, suny oneonta acting president we have a robust system of surveillance testing for all of our students, faculty, and staff that's ongoing.

Currently it's in 2 week intervals.

We're already talking about amending the plan to do it at faster clips.

A task force has been set up to keep students educated about the risks involved in spreading the virus.

Sot: dennis craig, suny oneonta acting president students attending parties, students in close proximity inside a residence hall room, or somewhere indoors, so giving as much attention to that, and having as much prevention in place i think will help to keep our whole community safe.

The college has also limited the residence halls to single rooms, bringing the total occupancy rate from 3700 down to around 1100 students.

Sot: dennis craig, suny oneonta acting president the lower density in the residence hall.

I think th should reallinspire s a situation with an outbreak.

It's certainly a whole lot easier to control if a student is in a single room.

Should 5% or more of the campus test positive within a 14 day period, the campus will immediately transition to all remote learning, and suspend all in- person events, programs, and activities on campus for at least 14 days.

In oneonta, i'm kirk tupaj reporting for newschannel 2.> here's what you can find on wktv.com