Hosted by ABC7 s Marc Brown, the panel included:
Dr. Kendrick Davis, chief research officer, USC Race & Equity Center
Dr. Sylvia Gates Carlisle, director of practice management at UCR FP Residency
Keara Williams, English teacher, Augustus Hawkins High School, Los Angeles Unified School District
Rey Saldana, president and CEO, Communities in Schools
Teacher vaccinations begin in LA County, bringing schools closer to reopening
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) Vaccinations for teachers in Los Angeles County have started, bringing more schools closer to reopening.
A mass vaccination site specifically for educators has opened at So-Fi Stadium in Inglewood, in addition to three other school-based sites. Los Angeles Unified School District, which has said teachers must be vaccinated before schools reopen, is offering teachers free transportation to SoFi.
Not just teachers, but all school staff - custodians, bus drivers and others - are now eligible for vaccination in Los Angeles County, along with frontline workers and first responders.
Leadership for the union representing teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District are opposing the latest plan for reopening schools announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday.
A large-scale coronavirus vaccination site opening Monday on the grounds of Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium will serve to vaccinate teachers and school staff as Los.