Multiple healthcare agencies teamed up on Wednesday to bring a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic to a Colorado Springs high school, El Paso County Public Health announced in a news release.
The health department partnered with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and firm Nomi Health to hold its first mobile clinic for students, staff members, and parents at Cheyenne Mountain High School.
The clinic administered Pfizer vaccine, which is authorized for anyone 16 years of age or older.
“We appreciate our ongoing collaboration with El Paso County and El Paso County Public Health and are pleased to help support easier and widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines to help keep students and staff engaged in school and activities,” said Cheyenne Mountain School District superintendent Walt Cooper.
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Colorado school district to retire Indians school mascot
March 16, 2021
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) A school district in Colorado has agreed to retire the Indians as the Cheyenne Mountain High School mascot despite efforts by some students and alumni to keep it.
The district board voted 4-1 on Monday to retire the mascot at the end of the current school year after over an hour of deliberations, KXRM-TV reported.
“We need to support all of our children at all times, and this is a way that we can do that,” board member Monica Peloso said. “Now that we know better, we need to do better.”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A school district in Colorado has agreed to retire the Indians as the Cheyenne Mountain High School mascot despite efforts by some students and alumni to keep it.
The district board voted 4-1 on Monday to retire the mascot at the end of the current school year after over an hour of deliberations, KXRM-TV reported.
“We need to support all of our children at all times, and this is a way that we can do that,” board member Monica Peloso said. “Now that we know better, we need to do better.”
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