The team conducted the new school approval process for all new district and charter schools, the school review process and
any necessary school closure or restart processes.
Not exact matches
As a result of the
closures, Scottish Education Secretary Angela Constance has confirmed that local authorities across Scotland have been asked to carry out
necessary safety checks on
school buildings.
But probably the most challenging and controversial aspect of this new approach relates to
school closures, which it deems
necessary in some cases.
If
school closures will be
necessary the following day, leaders say they will announce the
closure to the public no later than 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, in much the same way they do on snow days.
In addition to following the lead of New York City public
schools, Catholic
schools in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island, may find it
necessary to make
closure decisions based on local situations.
But infectious - disease experts and public - health officials say those closings, and steps taken elsewhere by education officials to approve emergency -
closure protocols for
schools far from any Ebola cases, go beyond what is
necessary.