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Worcester School Committee, legislative delegation discuss ‘disaster’ vaccine rollout as seniors struggle to get appointments
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
It’s been the story of the last week in Massachusetts: older residents and those with two co-morbidities are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but appointments have quickly filled up as residents struggle with the state’s appointment technology.
Worcester School Committee member Dianna Biancheria in a meeting Friday morning pointed out that while elementary school students and staff may be asked by the state to begin fully in-person learning in a few months, K-12 employees are not yet able to get inoculated. And further, those who are currently able to get the shot have struggled to get appointments.
School Committee OK s emergency admissions policy for Worcester Tech high school
WORCESTER – The School Committee this week approved new emergency admissions guidelines for Worcester Technical High School to account for the effects of COVID-19 this school year, with a more long-term update to admissions standards coming down the line.
Worcester Tech, the district’s popular vocational school, typically has a waitlist of several hundred students each year. But even though state records showed the school enrolled 1,481 students this past fall, a new high, Principal Siobhan Petrella told the committee this the district’s decision to have all schools do remote learning to start the school year reduced the allure to some families.