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May 14, 2021 6:20 PM Elenee Dao
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SPOKANE, Wash. – With people as young as 12 being vaccinated, some clinics are keeping busy vaccinating as many people as they can.
Spokane Public Schools held a vaccination clinic for students and the rest of the community at North Central High for a few hours Friday.
Health Services Director Becky Doughty said they had more than 400 students sign up to get the Pfizer vaccine.
Meredith Hartley’s kids were two of hundreds that came and got vaccinated.
“It was like coming up for air. It was like day break. I could feel my chest just go,” she said taking a deep breath. “We’re one step closer to not having to be as scared anymore.”
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March 4, 2021 6:49 PM Elenee Dao
SPOKANE, Wash. Spokane Public Schools has been vaccinating its eligible teachers. The district has been using some of its high schools to do that in the evenings.
“I think they’re finally seeing that light at the end of the tunnel,” said Becky Doughty, the health services director with Spokane Public Schools.
Doughty is the guide holding that light. She and her nursing staff have vaccinated roughly 900 district employees with the help of other health partners. She’s hoping they can get a mass vaccination clinic soon.
“We’re hoping in the future, in the next few weeks, maybe, to be able to have like an all day clinic where we can vaccinate 1,700 people,” she told 4 News now.
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SPOKANE, Wash. Spokane Public Schools is confident in the resources and support it has to keep everyone in school safe from COVID-19.
If there is a positive case, or a student is exposed to the virus, there are specific plans in place to make sure it doesn’t turn into an outbreak.
Out of nearly 200 cases that have occurred within Spokane Public Schools, only seven of those were spread within the schools.
The district says it’s just not seeing any in-school transmission right now.
Most of the cases that have impacted students or staff in the school district have come from outside of it.