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SMSD hopes more vaccine doses for teachers will bring students back to the classroom
SMSD hopes more vaccine doses for teachers will bring students back to the classroom
and last updated 2021-02-18 18:19:10-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â School districts are hopeful that Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly s announcement to earmark COVID-19 vaccine doses for teachers and students will help get kids back in the classroom faster.
The federal government is sending 25,000 additional doses to Kansas.
In total, Kansas will receive 115,000 doses per week. I think the announcement from the governor yesterday was one we cheered, Christy Ziegler, Chief of Student Services at the Shawnee Mission School District, said. I think that will allow us, I m hopeful it will allow us, to move much faster than anticipated.
Heather Hollingsworth and John Hanna, Associated Press
photo by: Associated Press
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters during a news conference about the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
TOPEKA (AP) Kansas will put a priority on vaccinating teachers and other school staff against COVID-19 so that K-12 students across the state can resume in-person classes as quickly as possible, Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday.
The Democratic governor’s announcement came a week after she told leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature that 60% of the state’s 286 school districts had started inoculating teachers. The state’s public schools have about 72,000 staff members, including 34,000 certified teachers.