Health Equity Prioritized for teacher vaccinations
and last updated 2021-03-02 20:24:44-05
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - There are roughly 80,000 teachers and school employees in San Diego County eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, but some are making appointments only to get turned away from county sites. It s a little chaotic right now, I know there s teachers even teaching in person right now, that really want the vaccine, of course, right, El Cajon or Escondido, if they are not considered quartile 4 schools, they can t get it yet, said teacher Matthew Schneck.
Schneck has been teaching high school virtually for San Diego Unified, but because his school is located in quartile 4, he was able to get the vaccine over the weekend.
Updated on March 1, 2021 at 1:13 pm
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Half a million more San Diegans became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine Saturday, including teachers. But now some must wait their turn because of a separate appointment system dedicated to TK-12 employees.
Some teachers told NBC 7 they are getting denied vaccines after securing appointments sooner at county-run superstations.
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For Kate Dickinson, a Chemistry teacher at Canyon Crest Academy, she said becoming eligible for the vaccine couldn’t come at a better time. She’s returning to in-person instruction for the first time in nearly a year Monday.
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The news last week that San Pasqual Academy would need to close this fall took staff and students by surprise, and by late last week they joined former students and others in a campaign to save the boarding school for foster children.
Citing declining enrollment and recent changes in state and federal law, California regulators notified San Diego County child-welfare officials early this month that they must close the academy by Oct. 1. The Escondido campus
was the first-in-the-nation residential home for dependents of the Juvenile Court.
A pilot program that had allowed the 20-year-old institution to operate was slated to expire Dec. 31, but state officials told the county earlier this year that the project would be ending even sooner.
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The Del Mar City Council will meet in closed session at 2:15 p.m. Monday to discuss property negotiations, litigation and personnel. The council will then meet in special session at 4:30 p.m. for public hearings on encroachment permits and on extending COVID-related business assistance efforts, such as temporary signage. The council will also discuss a letter to the Winston School regarding its lease with the city.