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A handful of NC school districts have begun vaccinating employees
While most teachers have to wait for their COVID-19 shots, a few districts have offered vaccines to their staff.
Brian Gordon
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With many North Carolina teachers still weeks, if not months, away from receiving COVID-19 vaccines, a few districts have already helped give shots to hundreds of staff members.
On Friday, Jackson County Public Schools in Western North Carolina dismissed students early so staff could get vaccinated. Since last week, public school employees in Rutherford County, Swain County, and Union County received their first vaccine doses as well. In the Triad, Davie County Schools will make shots available to employees on Wednesday.
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Some teachers parked outside Saturday s Cabarrus County school board meeting to protest plans to launch Plan A in February.
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The Cabarrus County school board voted 5-2 Saturday to bring some students back to school four days a week starting Feb. 16. Currently, all schools are in Plan B, with students attending two days a week of in-person classes and three days of remote learning.
The new Plan A schedule will apply to students in prekindergarten through third grade, as well as students with disabilities, homeless students and English language learners. Fourth- and fifth-graders are scheduled to return to Plan A on March 15.
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About 1,000 employees of Union County Public Schools are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 Friday and Saturday, an option that s not yet available to most frontline workers in the state.
The school district started working with the Union County Health Department earlier this month to schedule vaccinations for staff who are 50 and older. That’s almost 2,000 of the district’s 5,000 employees, according to UCPS spokeswoman Tahira Stalberte.
In mid-January, North Carolina changed its priority list to put people 65 and older ahead of younger frontline workers, including teachers and support staff. Stalberte said the district and the health department agreed to stick with the plan that had already been laid out for school staff.
Union Co. Public Schools works to vaccinate elder teachers, CMS staff asks when plans will roll out
Teachers prepared to get the vaccine By Chandler Morgan | January 19, 2021 at 8:41 PM EST - Updated January 20 at 11:18 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Local school districts in Charlotte are working closely with their county health departments to develop plans to get teachers vaccinated, when their time comes.
Right now Groups 1 & 2 are the priority for vaccinations.
But some districts are rolling out their plans, while others are silent.
“CMS is just basically saying, hey, you’re on your own. good luck,” says CMS teacher Courtney McNair.