During this pandemic, several private colleges and universities in New York for the health and well-being of their students. CUNY and SUNY schools decided to remain open until someone tested positive in one of their schools. Now these students have to take online classes for the remainder of the semester as an order from Governor Cuomo. We understand that it was a surprise for everyone, but CUNY and SUNY students did not feel prioritized. Students had to expose themselves to the virus to go to school, until someone tested positive within the school putting not only the students, but the professors as well. We understand that our education is important but not to put people’s lives at stake.

Being that there was a lack of course of action for CUNY and SUNY schools we would like to receive a refund for our tuition for the Spring 2020 term and still receive credit for the classes that we are taking for the semester. The US is entering a pandemic, causing people to have to stop working, not having enough food to feed their families, not being able to pay bills, and other important essentials in a home. We are not receiving the same amount of education within a computer where we paid for tangible resources throughout the semester. This is not only going to hurt students financially but it will hurt our GPAs. College seniors are now not going to be able to walk the stage after working so hard for 4 to 6 years to get to that moment to get it taken away for something. We can not control but the schools had the control to create an action plan to keep the students and staff safe. We would appreciate for schools to have an action plan for when these things occur again.