Unions push Baker to back plan for firefighters to vaccinate educators, school workers
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated March 7, 2021, 7:37 p.m.
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Freshman students in class at Brockton High School.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Unions representing teachers and firefighters expect to meet Wednesday with the stateâs Health and Human Services secretary on their proposal to have firefighters administer vaccine doses to thousands of school workers â a program they say would facilitate a more timely and convenient inoculation of educators across Massachusetts.
The meeting, coming just a day before K-12 teachers, school staff, and child-care workers become eligible for vaccinations at state sites, would make it easier for them to get vaccinated at their schools and during hours that accommodate classroom schedules, union officials said.
Vaccinating educators is a start, but more challenges ahead on reopening schools
By James Vaznis Globe Staff,Updated March 3, 2021, 8:52 p.m.
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Jaden Gomes sanitized the desk he used in his algebra class at Brockton High School.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Many educators around Massachusetts were elated after Governor Charlie Baker announced on Wednesday that they will soon be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, but they say many other challenges remain unresolved before full-time in-person learning can resume at many schools.
Inoculating the stateâs approximately 400,000 educators, school employees, and child care workers could take more than a month as they compete for limited appointments with hundreds of thousands of other eligible residents.
Biden wants all teachers to get first vaccine shot by end of March
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Biden wants all teachers to get first vaccine shot by end of March
Also school staff and child care workers Share Updated: 5:30 AM EST Mar 3, 2021
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Show Transcript WITH DETAILS AND THE LOCAL RESPONSE. JENNIFER: NEW THIS MORNING, IF YOU LOG ONTO THE CBS WEBSITE, TEACHERS ARE LISTED AS ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINE IN MASSACHUSETTS EVEN THOUGH THE STATE HAS NOT SAID THEY ARE. WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE GOVERNOR LATER TODAY. YOU CAN BE SURE HE WILL BE ASKED ABOUT THIS NEW DIRECTIVE TO VACCINATE ALL TEACHERS. WE WANT EVERY EDUCATOR, SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER, CHILD CARE WORKER TO RECEIVE AT LEAST ONE SHOT BY THE END OF THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THIS WILL HAPPEN AT LOCAL PHARMACIES THROUGH A FEDERAL PROGRAM STARTING NEXT WEEK. 30 STATES HAVE STARTED VACCINATED TEACHERS. MASSACHUSETT