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A handful of NC school districts have begun vaccinating employees
While most teachers have to wait for their COVID-19 shots, a few districts have offered vaccines to their staff.
Brian Gordon
USA TODAY NETWORK
With many North Carolina teachers still weeks, if not months, away from receiving COVID-19 vaccines, a few districts have already helped give shots to hundreds of staff members.
On Friday, Jackson County Public Schools in Western North Carolina dismissed students early so staff could get vaccinated. Since last week, public school employees in Rutherford County, Swain County, and Union County received their first vaccine doses as well. In the Triad, Davie County Schools will make shots available to employees on Wednesday.
Coupled with Army’s 15-0 win over Navy in the annual rivalry game, the Black Knights now sit at 9-2 and were slotted for the Independence Bowl game against a team from the Pac-12. However, because of the number of Pac-12 teams opting-out of bowl games, the Independence Bowl Foundation, for the first time since the contest’s inception in 1976, canceled the game on Sunday.
A bowl win if they can find an opponent would elevate the Army cadets to their third 10-win season during the tenure of head coach Jeff Monken.
Army was able to totally regenerate a schedule that was thrown into chaos by the COVID-19 pandemic. The cadets also had a revamped defense under new defensive coordinator Nate Woody. Eventually, their defense became a point of pride and the team’s calling card in 2020. The Black Knights have held opponents to 10 points or less in six of their 11 games this season.