Massachusetts to offer educator-only vaccine days at mass vaccination sites
By Felicia Gans Globe Staff,Updated March 10, 2021, 11:57 a.m.
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Vaccine recipients received a pin at the CIC Health COVID-19 vaccination site at the Reggie Lewis Center vaccination site in Boston on Feb. 26.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
In an effort to make coronavirus vaccines more accessible to Massachusetts educators, state officials announced Wednesday they will designate four days at the stateâs mass vaccination sites for K-12 teachers, child-care workers, and other school staff members to be vaccinated.
The dates â Saturday, March 27; Saturday, April 3; Saturday, April 10; and Sunday, April 11 â were chosen to support President Bidenâs directive for states to vaccinate teachers in an effort to get students back for in-person learning, Governor Charlie Bakerâs administration wrote in an announcement.
On Monday afternoon outside the Rumney Marsh Academy members of the Revere Teachers Association (RTA) held a stand out and car parade calling for common sense school safety as teachers head back to school.
RTA members continue to argue that Revere Public School administrators refuse to allow teachers with underlying health conditions that make them more vulnerable to serious COVID-19 infection to continue working remotely.
“We are simply asking that our central administration protects our most vulnerable members and do the right thing,” said RTA President Gina Garro. “The administration has refused to grant most of the accommodation requests of working from home for members who have a medically documented heightened health risk. Administration states that plans for cohorting kids in certain buildings is more important than protecting (RTA) members’ health. In certain buildings, student cohorting has been arranged to account for the need of remote teachers. This is a fea
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