Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to give his decision on school reopenings on August 7.

While desks and hallways are empty right now, school officials around New York state hope that's not the case as they anxiously await an answer. Catholic school leaders in Western New York say whatever the decision is, they have a plan for anything.

"Our building is relatively small so that allows us to have smaller class sizes, students having their own areas in the classroom so they don't have to wear a mask all day," said Jonna Johnson, principal of Saint John the Baptist in Alden.

Johnson says since they're not part of a district they can make changes a little more freely, fitting their unique needs.

"Our reopening committee was myself, two school board members, three teachers, three of them were parents so we were able to have a fair representation of viewpoints,"Johnson said.

Johnson also says with the reopening plan they calculated, and a green light from Gov. Cuomo, her school can operate with all kids five days a week.

"Timing of periods, we've adapted block scheduling for our middle schoolers which will reduce transition times between classes and cleaning time,” she said.

Johnson added that they're prepared for any circumstance, so students can get the education they deserve.

"We have an in-person plan, we have a hybrid plan if we needed it, a remote learning plan and we added a virtual. Virtual is the option parents can pick to be part of the classrooms," she said.

Johnson says parents seem to be liking how they've handled and are continuing to navigate the pandemic. She says she's seen an increase in parents interested in sending their child to private school over public school.