Children could receive COVID-19 vaccine starting this spring Clinical trial ongoing at Children's Mercy Clinical trial ongoing at Children's Mercy and last updated 2021-01-30 06:00:30-05 KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Kansas City, Missouri, Public Schools plan to have students return to the classroom by March as teachers will soon be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. "The anxiety's going to be high, but we just have to get ourselves ready for the reality that we have to get back to in person and also the reality that we have to live with this virus," Superintendent Dr. Mark Bedell said. Many other school districts in the Kansas City area have had kids in classrooms, operated on hybrid schedules that included some remote learning or also plan to bring students back in-person during the coming months.