As school districts wrestle with reopening in the fall, school superintendents and school boards say they could use more specific health guidelines from the state, write Michael Rubinkam and Mark Scolforo for the AP, as reported in the timesleader.com.

In a July 27 call to Wolf Administration officials, superintendents asked for more concrete recommendations, including how to handle a student or teacher who tests positively for the coronavirus.

“No tools have been given to school districts. Guidelines are best practices and suggestions and ideas. They are not specific recommendations,” said Mark DiRocco, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators.

Many local school boards are voting now or over the next couple of weeks on reopening.

Superintendents and school board members have no training or expertise in public health, but are being asked to make those decisions, DiRocco said.

They worry a wrong decision will impact the health of a student or staff member.

The Wolf Administration has taken the position that local schools are best at planning how to reopen, since coronavirus cases vary around the state.

Health Department officials said they will guide districts as virus cases rise.

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