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Today on Colorado Edition: We hear a story of an unexpected upside to the pandemic: an improved and tightened bond between parents and teachers at an elementary school in Denver. We’ll also check in on the world of college basketball, and speak to a CU Boulder men’s basketball coach ahead of the team s appearance in this week’s NCAA March Madness tournament. Plus, we hear the story of two Colorado women making history through their podcast, one of whom may be the first non-verbal podcaster in the world. And, we hear a conversation with the author of a new book about the history of drive-in theaters here in the state.
Lindsay Bazz fought back tears as she considered what it will mean to be vaccinated, not just for herself but for her students and her family.
âItâs just a big sense of relief,â the Jeffco Public Schools high school teacher said Saturday as she waited in a snaking line at a Kaiser Permanente facility in the south Denver suburbs. âIâll just feel safer. I donât want to be a carrier.â
Tens of thousands of Colorado educators have received their first COVID-19 vaccine shot since eligibility opened on Feb. 8. That includes 13,000 at mass vaccination events held at Kaiser facilities last weekend, as well 4,000 at Centura Health locations, 2,900 at an event at the state fairgrounds in Pueblo, and 500 employees of the Mapleton district at North Suburban Medical Center.
Erica Meltzer and Melanie Asmar
Chalkbeat Colorado
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After Colorado teachers and child care workers are fully vaccinated, they will no longer have to quarantine after exposure to COVID, Gov. Jared Polis and State Epidemiologist Rachel Herlihy said Tuesday.
It’s still not entirely clear when educators will be vaccinated on a large scale. The Denver Post reported Monday that Colorado National Guard Brig. Gen. Scott Sherman, who is heading up vaccine distribution, said teachers and child care workers would get priority ahead of other essential workers in the next phase of vaccination.