State's vaccine appointment effort for Twin Cities schools leads to fiasco 8,720 doses are for metro area educators this week. Author: Minnesota's plan to vaccinate as many teachers as supply would allow this week led to a farcical situation that resulted in some school districts missing out completely. On Monday, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) gave every school district and charter school an allotment for a "recommended" number of staff they should invite to register for an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine this week. On Tuesday, superintendents were instructed to wait until 6 p.m. to send an appointment registration link by email, supposedly making it a fair playing field for prioritized staff who would then need to rush to the link, register and hope to get one of the 8,720 appointments available for teachers at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul starting Thursday.