Around 800 Murfreesboro City Schools educators and staff filtered in and out of Salem Elementary Friday for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with help from the Rutherford County Health Department. I m just glad to be doing my part, said John Pittard Elementary Principal Adam Bryson as he rolled up his sleeve for the shot. This is been a tough year for all of us and it s just exciting to have a light at the end of the tunnel and know this is the next step to getting us back to some normalcy.
K-12 school teachers and child care staff, along with Tennesseans 65 and older, became eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday, formally moving into phase 1b, Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey announced. Educators were previously in the second phase of the state s four-phase plan, behind health care workers, long-term care facility residents and staff and the elderly.