North Texas school districts making plans to vaccinate students
Some local school districts have plans to help get students vaccinated quickly.
DALLAS - With the Pfizer vaccine on the verge of getting emergency use authorization for children 12 to 15 years old, several North Texas school districts are making plans to help expedite the vaccination process.
Dallas ISD has the most concrete and aggressive plan in place to get students vaccinated. Others are planning smaller opportunities, and more may be in the works.
With just five weeks left in the school year, Dallas ISD is planning to begin busing some students who are eligible for shots to vaccination sites.
Dallas ISD On The Ready To Vaccinate Students For COVID-19 Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) One more step to go before it is official. Pfizer COVID vaccines could soon be administered to children as young as 12 in North Texas.
There was an endorsement from the FDA on Monday and now all that’s left is for the CDC to sign off today.
As it waits, the Dallas Independent School District is taking it one step at a time to get the process just right.
Jennifer Finley, Dallas ISD Director of Health Services, said, “We’ve tried to arm our staff with as much valid resources and information about the vaccine as possible to kind of help families through that, navigate those waters.”
Dallas ISD is also weighing its options.
“Right now we’re concentrating on the 16 and older group,” said Jennifer Finley, the Health Services Director for Dallas ISD. “I know the announcement was 12 – 15 group but right now the focus is on 16 and up.”
Dallas ISD’ Health Service Director said their partnership with the county will have them bus students, 16 and older, from campus to one of the mass vaccine sites at Parkland Hospital and Fair Park.
The district said it s sending out permission slips now and hoping to get the process started as soon as next week. That way, students can come back for their second shot in three weeks just before school ends for the year.