Days after the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was approved for kids as young as 12, the Porter County Health Department held vaccine clinics at various area schools.Â
In early May, the health department asked local schools if they would be interested in holding vaccination clinics for students ages 12 to 18Â â if the vaccine was approved for use in people younger than 16.Â
Shortly after, on May 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved use of the Pfizer vaccine for anyone over the age of 12. The collaboration between the schools and the health department throughout the course of the pandemic has been instrumental in keeping COVID cases in our schools to a minimum, Porter County Health Officer Dr. Maria Stamp said.
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CHESTERTONÂ â Bailly Elementary School will have a new principal starting July 1.Â
Duneland School Corp. named Carey Storm as the new principal to replace Kevin Zeck, who will transition to the district s director of alternative and virtual education, a news release said.Â
In his weekly communications to parents, Zeck said Storm has a true understanding of what is next for our students and setting them on a path to success for today and beyond. She demonstrates a clear focus on what is best for our students keeping their academic and emotional growth at the core of her work,â the release said.
A teacher’s aide working at Chesterton Middle School through Porter County Education Services said he lost his job this week after showing a student a deck of tarot cards after school.
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