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After months of operating on a virtual schedule and being off this week for âsnow days,â all students of the Washington County School System were able to return to their classrooms on Thursday.
Bill Flanary, the countyâs director of schools, told members of the Washington County Health, Education and Welfare Committee that in-person learning is back in session.
âThis is the first day of the entire school year that weâve welcomed 100% of students back to school,â Flanary said. âIâve spoken to every principal today. Itâs happening.â
The Washington County Board of Education voted last month to return all pre-K-12 students to classroom instruction. Students who have medical reasons or who have a virtual instructional contract will continue to have access to online learning.
Oregon s Vaccine Rollout Faces More Hiccups, Closes Phase 1A Survey
âWe understand people are frustrated and we share their frustration. There is not enough vaccine to vaccinate everyone who is eligible.â
By
Gabriel Granillo
1/26/2021 at 5:05pm
Due to limited vaccine supply, public health officials from Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties announced they have closed the regional COVID-19 Phase 1A vaccination sign-up survey.
Oregonâs vaccine rollout has been anything but smooth. Earlier this month Gov. Kate Brown revealed that some states, including Oregon, would not receive increased shipments of the coronavirus vaccine from the national stockpile because there was no federal reserve of doses, in what she called âdeception on a national scale.â The lack of vaccine doses effectively pushed back Oregonâs vaccinations efforts.
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Many elderly residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley are calling into local health departments, the Times and local pharmacies with the same question.
“How do I schedule my shot? How can I get the vaccine?” they ask. “I can’t get anyone to call me back and give me a straight answer.”
Ohio is moving into Phase 1B of its coronavirus vaccination effort, coordinated through the state’s regional readiness coordinators and county emergency management coordinators.
That’s how first responders in Washington County saw the first opportunities for shots in the first weeks of the new year following medical professionals like those published on social media by Memorial Health System.