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A recent revision to Montana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan means frontline workers, who expected to receive the limited doses of the shot in the next several weeks, now face at least several more months of wait-time, while elders and people with underlying health conditions could be immunized before April.
KaCee Ballou, president of Missoula Education Association, says just after winter break, she told the teachers she represents that they were going to be eligible for the vaccine.
“Man, we have the potential to be vaccinated before spring break,” Ballou says.
But the following day, Governor Greg Gianforte announced changes to the state’s vaccine rollout plan.
Teachers share concerns over MCPS Phase 2 reopening plans
The decision to have all K-through-12 students back in the classroom four days a week by Feb. 2, was quicker than the task force had hoped â and that has some teachers concerned.
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However, the decision to have all K-through-12 students back in the classroom four days a week by Feb. 2, was quicker than the task force had hoped â and that has some teachers concerned. Itâs been a roller-coaster month for MCPS teachers.
A Global Harvard Institute Health study showed promising results for kids getting back in the classroom full time. Then, teachers learned that most would not be getting their COVID-19 vaccination as soon as originally planned.
At a board meeting Tuesday night, Missoula County Public Schools administration presented a series of plans to increase in-person educational support for grades K-2 and potentially bring those students back to in-person learning four days a week.
The school-by-school feasibility studies were developed by each elementary schoolâs principal in the district and offer ideas for how to provide more in-person services and how each school could potentially bring back grades K-2 four days a week. The plans include scheduling options to increase the amount of in-person learning, changes to current protocols and additional support needed to implement the plan, an assessment of CDC mitigation strategies as they relate to implementation, as well as benefits and challenges related to implementation.