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A Fayette County School System nurse injects an employee with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at one of 30 stations on the floor of Fayette County High School Gymnasium March 11. Photo/Cal Beverly.
UPDATED MARCH 13 Just three days after the state opened up vaccinations to school staff, over 1,800 Fayette County School System employees approximately 63 percent of the system’s workforce received their first dose of the vaccine.
Since the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Georgia in mid-December, school system employees have been anxiously awaiting their turn to get vaccinated. Their time finally came on Thursday, March 11 when Fayette County Public Schools, in partnership with Piedmont Fayette Hospital, held the first of two vaccination clinics at Fayette County High School.
Upwards of 2,000 Fayette County School System employees from full-time teachers to part-time school bus drivers and custodians were scheduled to receive the first dose of the Covid-19 […]