Paterson's Superintendent
of Schools Eileen F. Shafer released a statement saying staff
members and students will be back inside buildings in June.
Shafer says teachers
will be back on the first of the month, with students returning the week after.
Returning staff members are
being urged to be sensitive with the returning students and with each other
during the first phase of reopening.
More than $19.6 million has
been spent to provide several layers of protection against COVID-19, including
air purifiers in every room and air scrubbers in the rooms where they are
required.