Sandalwood High School vaccine site open to eligible students Saturday
Vaccines will not be given to students under the age of 18 if the parent or guardian is not present. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 11:56 AM EDT May 13, 2021 Updated: 11:58 AM EDT May 13, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Students who are 16 years old or older will be able to get their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine this Saturday at Sandalwood High School.
For students under the age of 18, parent or guardian consent is required. The parent or guardian must also be with the student at the vaccine site.
Vaccines will not be given to students under the age of 18 if the parent or guardian is not present.
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After months of watching civil rights demonstrations through the country and on the streets of Jacksonville at times even participating themselves the students were surprised when in February the school district didn t seize the opportunity to use Black History Month as an education tool to drive lessons about local racial justice movements and Black history.
Instead, the school district launched its own inaugural month-long campaign for mental health and suicide awareness called You Matter Month. While that campaign had its own issues because it encouraged students to #TakeOffYourMask during a global pandemic, some students worried the language minimized Black Lives Matter campaigns and hijacked the attention from the sole month annually centered around Black lives.