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BROCKTON City officials have asked Gov. Charlie Baker to move educators up in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and treat them like the frontline essential workers that they are so students and teachers can safely return to classrooms.
The letter, signed by Mayor Robert Sullivan, Superintendent Michael Thomas and members of the school committee and city council, was sent to Baker on Wednesday, just days before the beginning of Phase 2 distribution of the vaccine in Massachusetts.
Although educators are in Phase 2, they fall third in line in priority, behind those who are 75 or older and those 65 or older or anyone with two or more comorbidities.
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Before vaccinations became available in mid-December, Gov. Charlie Baker laid out a risk-based, three-phase plan that outlined where everyone in the state would fall on the governor s priority list, and rough estimates of when the vaccine phases will unfold.
The plan s architects were assisted by an advisory panel that included Rep. Ronald Mariano, who is now speaker of the House, and Sen. Cindy Friedman, a Spilka deputy who last session specialized in health care policy.
Health care workers dealing with COVID-19 patients and first responders were among the first to receive the the vaccine, followed by people who live or work in congregate care sites, such as jails and prisons, and Baker a few days ago fully opened the first phase, making home health workers and others in health care eligible.
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Superintendents, unions urge Gov. Baker to speed up educators’ vaccinations Christine McCarthy
Twenty-nine school superintendents and their districts’ union presidents are urging Gov. Charlie Baker to reclassify educators in the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan and allow them to receive their shots immediately, in Phase 1.
All of the administrators in the North Shore Superintendents’ Round Table, along with the union leaders, collaborated to send the letter to Baker Friday.
Educators are scheduled to start their vaccinations in Phase 2, which begins next month. But the school leaders say that timeline isn’t soon enough.
“Each day, our teachers are coming to school, and they’re prioritizing the health and safety of our students,” said Dr. Josh Vadala, superintendent of Peabody Public Schools. “They’re providing much more than an education. They’re providing our students with mental health services and as many resources as they can.
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