The mass vaccination site is run by Fair Haven Community Health Care and sixteen schools are holding clinics. Those locations have a school-based health centers, making it easy for nurses to vaccinate school staff.
“Rather than clogging up this site and the other site, we’ll make sure teachers can also go right there on their school site,” said school superintendent Ilene Tracey.
The Wilbur Cross location will run Tuesday through Friday for teachers and the general public.
Today @FairHavenCHC launched a mass #vaccination site at Wilbur Cross. Appointments were for @newhavenpublic1 staff, but they re taking patients and the public four days/week.
“Those are the groups that we think are so much impacted developmentally,” said superintendent Dr. Ilene Tracey.
Teachers were excited to see them back.
“It was emotional to see the little eyes popping out above the masks,” said Irene Logan, a literacy coach at Columbus Family Academy.
She said it’s up to the adults to set the COVID-19 safety example for students, adding she feels OK back inside the building after all of the inspections and guidelines put in place.
“I believe that I feel safe, as safe as I would feel anywhere else where there’s more than one person,” said Logan.