Amherst County High School junior Amya Hankton said she felt relieved after she received her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Friday afternoon at the school.
âIt feels like this is finally coming to an end,â she said. âItâs a relief.â
Hankton, 17, said she has been participating in the Amherst Remote Academy this year, primarily as a precaution because of COVID-19. She hopes, now that she and her fellow classmates and teachers are receiving the vaccine, sheâll feel safe enough to spend her senior year back in the classroom.
Amherst County High School held its first vaccination clinic for students Friday, following Gov. Ralph Northamâs announcement earlier this month that Virginians ages 16 and older would be eligible to get the vaccine starting April 18.
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Lynchburg school students in grades pre-K through 2
nd will go from 2 days a week to 4 days a week of in person learning sometime around March 24th. The exact start date will be announced later.
The school system will ease its current physical distancing requirement of 6 feet to 3 feet in order to accommodate more students.
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School board members said they want the school system to expand that to 3rd-5th graders as well. The school system will announce more details later today.
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