A decision could be made next month on if schools will reopen in the fall.
"I think that kids and parents are really itching to get back into school and get back to the normalcy," said Mark Laurrie, the superintendent of the Niagara Falls City School District.
School districts in New York have until the end of the month to submit their plans for opening their doors in the fall. Then, the state will make the final decision the first week of August.
Governor Cuomo said, "We want to make that decision with the best available data, the facts change here day to day, week to week."
During the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing Wednesday, the vice president made it clear where the Trump administration stands on where students should be in September.
Vice President Mike Pence said, "For children that have mental health issues, special needs children, nutrition for children in communities facing persistent poverty, the school is the place where they receive all those services and so this is not just simply making sure our kids are learning and they're advancing academically but for their mental health for their well-being, their physical health, we've got to get our kids back to school."
The Niagara Falls City School District is preparing three reopening plans. They include returning to school with PPE and other precautions, remote learning, and a combination of the two.
"My preference is to return to school. I'd like to get the kids back to school. I think that's where they need to be but I think we need to get the kids back to school safely, that's paramount," Laurrie said.
When the district submits its plans, Laurrie hopes the state considers the concerns school districts have and the regions they're located in.
"Niagara Falls differs greatly from New York City or Yonkers or Staten Island," he said.
Meanwhile in Buffalo, the city's Board of Education plans to discuss its reopening plans at its meeting next week.
Buffalo Public Schools parent Dion Jackson says his kids have enjoyed learning remotely but he thinks they should be in the classroom in the new school year.
"If the schools are OK as far as keeping the kids safe and stuff like that because this COVID this is running wild, if they put in the necessary tools for them to be able to attend school, then I'm all for it," Jackson said.
He says going forward, there needs to be a plan in place for schools in case a pandemic or something of a similar magnitude happens. He believes the pandemic's unpredictability could factor into the state's final say.
He said, "One minute they're saying we're doing OK the next minute the cases are going back up again and it's just very confusing, so in the midst of all that confusion how can you make a decision on opening the schools back up?"