Santa Cruz Office of Education to offer 4 student vaccination clinics Share Updated: 3:39 PM PDT Aug 3, 2021 Share Updated: 3:39 PM PDT Aug 3, 2021 The Santa Cruz County Office of Education, with their partner Santa Cruz Public Health Department, will host student vaccination clinics across the county starting on Aug. 9. All students, age 12 and up, can receive the vaccine. Students can pre-register at sccoe.link/studentvax. Upcoming clinics:Aug. 9: Mid County and South County Options 2-7 p.m. - Branciforte Middle School Multi-Purpose Room - 315 Poplar Ave., Santa Cruz 2-7 p.m. - Sequoia High School Outside Basketball Court - 229 Green Valley Rd., Freedom Aug. 15: North County and South County Options 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. - San Lorenzo Valley High School - 7155 Highway 9, Felton 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Pajaro Valley High School - 500 Harkins Slough Rd., Watsonville
Ten school districts in Santa Cruz County are ready to reopen campuses for in-person learning for almost 40,000 children.Indoor masking is one of the keys to keeping everyone safe from the delta variant and there are some other safety measures that are implemented.Kristina Quilici has two children in the Santa Cruz City School District. One is in elementary school the other attends middle school. I m hoping it to be as close to back to normal as possible for the kids and hopefully we won t get any creepy outbreaks, Quilici said. The 10 school districts in Santa Cruz County and seven private schools are ready to reopen campuses for in-person learning to 47,000 children.The mandatory indoor mask rule will continue to be part of the new normal for K-12th graders.COVID-19 testing will be available on all campuses and cleaning and disinfecting will be done daily. Next week educators will open vaccination clinics for children between 12 and 18 years of age.More than 50% of students b