SCEA wants more details about vaccine rollout By Jennifer Roberts | January 22, 2021 at 5:17 AM EST - Updated January 22 at 5:47 AM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - An advocacy group says school workers are continuing to be left in the dark about the vaccination process.
This comes after the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control held a media briefing providing no concrete updates about how teachers would get the vaccine.
South Carolina Education Association President Sherry East said teachers are essential workers who deserve to know how and when theyâll get the lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine.
âWe really need to accelerate the plan,â East said.
S.C. educators say quarantine procedures highlight substitute teacher shortages
South Carolina educators say quarantine procedures shed larger light on substitute teacher shortages By Jennifer Roberts | January 7, 2021 at 5:50 AM EST - Updated January 7 at 6:08 AM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Several South Carolina school districts are going virtual for another week due to some teachers having to quarantine after the Christmas break.
Some advocacy groups say the quarantine procedures highlight a bigger issue: a shortage of substitute teachers in the state.
Sherry East, president of the South Carolina Education Association, says there are variety of people that typically work as substitute teachers in the schools.
S.C. teacher group asking state leaders to provide specifics about vaccine rollout for school workers
S.C. teacher advocacy group asks state leaders to provide specifics about vaccine rollout for school workers By Jennifer Roberts | December 31, 2020 at 5:09 AM EST - Updated December 31 at 3:06 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Many people say teachers are our modern day heroes.
Educators and staff members across South Carolina have been switching gears, finding new ways to educate children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think the education community has done a remarkable job in an extremely difficult environment right now,” said Sherri East, president of the South Carolina Education Association. “That goes down to the bus driver, cafeteria worker, teacher’s aide, secretaries, principals, superintendents, school boards, everybody has been pulled upon for this pandemic.”
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Teachers, fearful of returning to classrooms during the pandemic, are facing new encouragement and new pressure to go back, raising the prospect that in-person school could resume in many communities before the school year is out.
The Centers for Disease Control recommended Sunday that states prioritize teachers as part of the second group of people eligible for the coronavirus vaccines.
Two days later, Congress cleared a coronavirus aid package with $54 billion for K-12 schools, which, if the president signs it, is expected to help pay expenses associated with in-person education. That could include protective equipment such as masks and plexiglass dividers, upgrades to ventilation systems and additional staffing.