The superintendent of Rochester City Schools says planning for the upcoming school year is a complex and dynamic effort.

“The bottom line is the health and safety of our scholars and the health and safety of our staff,” said Dr. Lesli Myers-Small. “And so we’re trying to figure out exactly what does that look like and what does that mean.”

Fresh off a lengthy meeting with district leaders and stakeholders, Dr. Myers-Small says her team is formulating a game plan to get kids back to school.

"We just simply went through all of the recent information that has come out,” Myers-Small said.

That includes information from the governor, the New York State Education Department, and will include results of a survey expected by the end of Wednesday from students, parents, teachers, and staff.

The district is looking at a plan that would send students back to school full time, keep them home for remote learning, or utilize a hybrid approach.

"Each school district’s plan across the county will be slightly different. But I have been very adamant and very clear, respectfully, with my colleagues that Rochester’s plan probably will look vastly different from our suburban counterparts," said Myers-Small.

Dr. Myers-Small also says the goal is the get students in the classrooms.

“So when we look at the hybrid plan, while I know it’s not optimal, it at least does get students in, in person … and I think what makes sense for us, just kind of looking at this, is that we do do that hybrid model where students come in at least for a portion of the time. But again we’ve not finalized anything," says Dr. Myers-Smalls, “I will say I think it will be very, very difficult to have all 25,000-plus students come every day five days a week.”

A complete report is expected by July 31.