Organizers planned to offer the shot to 12th grade students only, but not as many pre-registrations came in as expected, said White Plains High School principal Emerly Martinez. So they opened the clinic to all students ages 16 and older and district staff.
“Even if it’s just 45, 50 of them, it’s worth it,” Martinez said. “If we’re able to provide the students an opportunity to visit family, to work a job this summer, to safely attend college, to me, it’s worth it for a school to provide that.”
Kimberly Hernandez, a senior, said she was getting the vaccine so she can safely visit her grandmother in Georgia for the first time since the pandemic began. She would have needed it eventually, anyway, to attend Manhattanville College in the fall.
State, school leaders call for universal full day pre-K for all children
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 29, 2021, 5:50pm EDT
White Plains Superintendent Joseph Ricca joined state and school leaders today calling for universal full day pre-K for all children.
Studies show that the earlier kids start school, the better they do down the line. But access to free pre-K programs in the Hudson Valley boils down to who is lucky enough to get a seat.
A lottery system is how parents of pre-K-eligible children in Westchester and Rockland counties apply for free programs. Three- and 4-year-olds in the state of New York, the greatest state in the union, shouldn t be relying on lottery to get the foundational components of a high-quality education, says Ricca.