Local superintendents, union presidents urge Baker to reclassify educators for COVID-19 vaccinations
Local superintendents and union presidents are urging Gov. Charlie Baker to reclassify educators and make them eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations during the earlier part of Phase Two.
In a letter to the governor dated Monday, the Tri-County Superintendents Roundtable, a professional association comprised of school districts and special education collaboratives, outlined the basis of their request, noting that the state is encouraging more in-person learning and that vaccinations would help facilitate that. Given the societal need for in-person public school not just public school via Zoom and the expectations set by your office and DESE, educators should be vaccinated immediately and without delay so that they can perform their duties safely and securely and without fear for their own lives and the lives of their own families by simply coming to work, the letter read