Around 800 Murfreesboro City Schools educators and staff filtered in and out of Salem Elementary Friday for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with help from the Rutherford County Health Department.
"I'm just glad to be doing my part," said John Pittard Elementary Principal Adam Bryson as he rolled up his sleeve for the shot. "This is been a tough year for all of us and it's just exciting to have a light at the end of the tunnel and know this is the next step to getting us back to some normalcy."
K-12 school teachers and child care staff, along with Tennesseans 65 and older, became eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday, formally moving into phase 1b, Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey announced. Educators were previously in the second phase of the state's four-phase plan, behind health care workers, long-term care facility residents and staff and the elderly.