Fox Chapel Area teachers will begin being vaccinated as early as March 18, officials said.
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Fox Chapel Area teachers will be scheduled for a covid-19 vaccination as early as this week, school officials announced Monday.
At the same time, the school board voted to return middle school and high school students to full-time, in-person education beginning March 15.
“Personnel may begin to receive invitations (for vaccination) as early as tonight,” Superintendent Mary Catherine Reljac said.
A clinic will be hosted at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit beginning Thursday, after Gov. Tom Wolf announced last week that educators and school staff would be prioritized for the newly distributed Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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Fox Chapel Area middle school and high school students could return to the classroom full-time by mid-March, Superintendent Mary Catherine Reljac announced Monday.
“After carefully weighing the appropriate time to bring students back, I’m recommending a shift to 5-day per week, full-time in-person instruction for pre-kindergarten, Dorseyville Middle School and the high school,” Reljac said.
If approved by the board during its March 8 meeting, the switch would be in effect on March 15.
“We’ve shown that if there’s a need to close, we have done it, so if we’re confident that we can meet the guidelines to open, I’m in support of the move,” board member Amy Cooper said.
Fox Chapel Area School Board on Feb. 8 pushed back a full-time return to in-person class for older district students until at least March. Superintendent Mary Catherine Reljac said the administrative team is weighing options for a potential return for students at Dorseyville Middle School and the high school, pending
Marybeth Dadd was elected president, and Ron Frank was elected vice president.
Dadd, who represents the district’s Region 3, said her priority is to work with fellow members to keep schools safe and help families get through the covid-19 pandemic.
Once a vaccine is widely available, Dadd said her focus will be “getting back to normal and helping students adjust to everything they just experienced.”
As of Monday, the district reported 62 confirmed and probable cases of covid-19 in the district so far this school year. About one-third of the cases were reported in December, with 10 at the high school, seven at Dorseyville Middle School, two at Hartwood Elementary and one at Kerr Elementary.