Teachers raise your hand if you want to be vaccinated. Starting next week you can be.
Great news for teachers today as Mass Gov Charlie baker announced that educators can start signing up for COVID-19 vaccinations next week. Yesterday President Joe Biden said he was directing states to make vaccines a priority to educators.
Baker said starting March 11th (next Thursday) appointments will be available for K through grade 12 employees, early childcare and school staffers. With the just approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine along with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, President Biden announced that the country will now soon have enough vaccines to get everyone vaccinated by the end of May. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is expected to arrive in the Berkshires tomorrow.
The Massachusetts State Police s internal affairs unit is reviewing exam protocol in the interest of transparency.
Published March 4, 2021 •
Updated on March 4, 2021 at 12:05 pm
The commander of the Massachusetts State Police who was supposed to reform the department after a series of scandals instead broke rules to promote his allies, while at the same time disenfranchising women, troopers of color, and older troopers, according to a lawsuit filed by three veteran supervisors.
The suit alleges that Col. Christopher Mason’s former driver and chief of staff, who had the best score on a promotion exam, and two other top-scoring troopers coauthored an exam study guide that was “suspiciously predictive” of questions, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.
JAM SESSION: How are vaccinations going?
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