Parents have differing opinions about vaccinating 12-to-15-year-old children Students ages 12 to 15 will soon be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The news has left parents with mixed reactions. May 4, 2021 6:12 pm LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Students ages 12 to 15 will soon be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The news has left parents with mixed reactions. Stacy Cervenka is a mother of two. Not only would she allow her kids to get vaccinated, she believes COVID-19 vaccinations should be required in schools. “I generally believe that kids should be vaccinated to go to public school, because when we send our kids to public school we care about their safety,” Cervenka said. “I want to make sure that they’re safe, and that they’re around other kids who I know can’t give them measles or COVID, or a variety of other diseases.”