Norwich City School District has released their initial plans for schools to reopen in September, but Interim Superintendent Diana Bowers expects changes to come before anything is finalized. (Submitted Photo)

NORWICH – Norwich City School District has submitted the first copy of their school's reopening plan to New York State for review. However, Interim Superintendent Diana Bowers said this will most likely just be the first of several versions before the plan is finalized.

School districts in New York were sent an 145 page guidance book on the requirements and protocols schools must meet in order to be able to reopen from New York State Education Department. Norwich School also met with community and parent groups, teachers, and the Department of Health when creating their plans for reopening.

"I think that one of the more difficult parts of creating a plan is the guidance keeps changing. Day by day the guidance was changed. We understand why it happened, they were trying to figure things out, so it took some time," said Bowers. "There are a number of things we had to figure out. The primary thing people should know is the safety of students and faculty were the predominant drivers of what we're doing."