Framingham School Committee to urge state to prioritize high school seniors for COVID-19 vaccine
FRAMINGHAM The School Committee is asking the state to prioritize high school seniors for the COVID-19 vaccine.
During a recent meeting, the board discussed a resolution requesting that Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and the Massachusetts COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Group take steps to prioritize the Class of 2021 to get shots. The resolution asked that this consideration be made when and if additional dosages become available beyond the current Phase II plan.
The resolution says the move would allow high school seniors to resume in-person learning safely, noting that much of their final year has been disrupted by the pandemic.
Local superintendents, union presidents urge Baker to reclassify educators for COVID-19 vaccinations
Local superintendents and union presidents are urging Gov. Charlie Baker to reclassify educators and make them eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations during the earlier part of Phase Two.
In a letter to the governor dated Monday, the Tri-County Superintendents Roundtable, a professional association comprised of school districts and special education collaboratives, outlined the basis of their request, noting that the state is encouraging more in-person learning and that vaccinations would help facilitate that. Given the societal need for in-person public school not just public school via Zoom and the expectations set by your office and DESE, educators should be vaccinated immediately and without delay so that they can perform their duties safely and securely and without fear for their own lives and the lives of their own families by simply coming to work, the letter read
Framingham superintendent Tremblay responds to teachers union s list of opening demands
FRAMINGHAM – Superintendent of Schools Robert Tremblay and the Framingham Teachers Association are at odds over the reopening of school.
The back-and-forth began on Monday, when Illana Wyner, the union s public relations chairwoman, released a letter to the superintendent and the School Committee that outlined a list of reopening demands. The list was decided upon during a Monday meeting. A majority of the 447 attendees supported the requests.
A slightly different letter was also sent to media outlets. That one included Google survey results on reopening that garnered 552 responses. Eighty-seven percent of respondents indicated that student learning is better in-person under typical conditions. But, 77% of respondents said that the level of COVID in the community was their greatest concern about returning to the building.