Dear Putnam Valley Community:<\/p>\n
As many are aware, New York State\u2019s mask mandate is back in our news cycle following Governor Hochul\u2019s announcement today regarding mask use in businesses.\u00a0 Based on the information provided by Governor Hochul, New York State has indicated that the school mask mandate will be revisited following the upcoming February break.\u00a0 New York State has shared a variety of data points that will be reviewed prior to reaching a decision regarding the school mask mandate.\u00a0 Until another decision is reached at the state level, the current mask mandate remains in place for all schools in New York State.<\/p>\n
At this point, I believe it is important to restate the fact that the Putnam Valley School District, our staff, and the members of the Board of Education are obligated to enforce this mandate.\u00a0 Our requirement to uphold the current law should not be viewed as a political statement. We take no joy in the tension this topic has created within our community or our country.\u00a0 Until the time arrives when the mask mandate is lifted, we respectfully request that your children arrive at school prepared to wear a mask.\u00a0 The last thing anyone wants is to put a child of any age in an uncomfortable situation attempting to make a statement regarding a mandate we have no local control over.\u00a0 On behalf of the Putnam Valley School District, I will continue to advocate for New York State to release clear and measurable metrics for when the students of Putnam Valley will be provided the choice to wear a mask.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Dr. Jeremy Luft
\nSuperintendent of Schools<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Putnam Valley Community: As many are aware, New York State\u2019s mask mandate is back in our news cycle following Governor Hochul\u2019s announcement today regarding mask use in businesses.\u00a0 Based on the information provided by Governor Hochul, New York State has indicated that the school mask mandate will be revisited following the upcoming February break.\u00a0… Continue Reading Msg. from Dr. Luft – Mask mandate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-9949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-superintendent","tag-covid19","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9950,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949\/revisions\/9950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}