Columbia schools vaccinate teens as shot nears approval for use in younger people
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Columbia Public Schools started Tuesday a series of in-school coronavirus vaccination clinic for high school students old enough to get the shot.
For now, one coronavirus vaccine, from Pfizer, has been approved for use in people as young as 16. That could change soon, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to give emergency approval for the Pfizer vaccine to be given to kids ages 12-15 sometime next week.
According to Pfizer, the vaccine was extremely effective in younger kids in a recent clinical trial and the company found there were no symptomatic infections in children aged 12-15 years old. Clinical trial participants also had strong antibody responses and didn t report having any serious side effects from the vaccine.
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Many local restaurants have spent the week preparing for an influx of reservations this weekend. Park Restaurant & Bar s co-general manager said it s been a month of preparation.
Park Restaurant & Bar is completely booked for this weekend because of high school proms and Mizzou graduation celebrations. Elyse Schoenig, KOMU 8 News It s been kind of like a return to normalcy while still really practicing our safety measures, Joshua Anderson said. We ll be making sure our guests are not only having fun, but having fun in a really safe environment as well.
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The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at the district administration building, 1818 W. Worley St.
People from Cooperative Strategies, contracted by the school district, will present options for elementary boundaries starting in August 2022. District Chief Operations Officer Randy Gooch provided background last week to the school board s Long Range Facilities Planning Committee. This is going to be an important meeting, Gooch said.
The school board paused work on redrawing the elementary boundaries during the pandemic.
More immediately, there will be a proposal for the crowded Parkade Elementary School, to start in August 2021 at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year.
Following Monday, three sessions at schools to provide feedback on the options will be held from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The Tuesday session will be at Gentry Middle School; Wednesday at Jefferson Middle School; and Thursday at Lange Middle School.
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