Teachers, Staff At Union Public Schools Start Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
Some teachers and staff over the age of 65 at Union Public Schools have now gotten their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
This week Sand Springs Public Schools, Tulsa Public Schools and now Union, all started seeing their employees get the vaccine, but distribution of the vaccine can be different for school districts. Jenks Public Schools, for example, said it does not know when teachers and staff will start receiving the shots.
Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine was administered Friday to some teachers and staff at Union Public Schools who are 65 and older.
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Gov. Stitt moves teachers to higher vaccine priority group
Teachers move to phase 2 of COVID vaccination plan
and last updated 2020-12-17 18:47:33-05
TULSA, Okla. â Governor Kevin Stitt moved teachers up in the stateâs priority list to get the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday.
Teachers were in phase three of the stateâs vaccine plan, placing them among their students and other essential businesses. Now, they are being moved up a priority group.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister said this is a tremendous move for teachers and students to help protect their health amid the pandemic.
Teachers are the heart and soul of our school community, and we cannot have school without them. Allowing teachers to be among the top priority to get the COVID-19 vaccine is a tremendous move toward protecting the health of our hardworking teachers. I am grateful to Gov. Stitt for his decision to elevate K-12 teachers in the vaccine distribution plan.
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