Teachers move to front of the class in Kentucky vaccination process Share Updated: 6:28 PM EST Jan 15, 2021 Share Updated: 6:28 PM EST Jan 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript NORMAL. AS SCHOOLS ACROSS NORTHERN, KENTUCKY, SO WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE’S DIFFERENT WAYS ALIKE. IT’S THE TEACHERS WHO ARE GRADUATING TO A NEW STATUS IN THE COVID VACCINE Q. WE’RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF WANTING TO BE BACK FULL TIME AT THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS THE 850 STUDENTS GO TO CLASS IN PERSON HALF THE DAY AND OUR VIRTUAL FOR THE OTHER HALF NOW COVID SHOTS ARE BEING OFFERED TO ALL SCHOOL WE WERE JUST ALL JUST OVERJOYED BECAUSE MORE THAN ANYTHING WHAT WE ALL WANT IS TO BRING OUR STUDENTS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM FULL-TIME EVERYDAY. KARIN FOX IS A TEACHER AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY. SHE’S BEEN AT IT FOR 25 YEARS. SHE SAYS SHE CAN’T WAIT TO GET THE VACCINE I I NEVER FOR ONE SECOND HESITATED. OR YOU KNOW DEBATED BACK AND FORTH WHETHER OR NOT I WOULD GET IT OR NOT 75 TEACHERS IN THE DAYTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID SHOT AT OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL FOR A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEEDBACK SO FAR VERY POSITIVE OUR INITIAL SURVEY. WE HAD NEARLY 80 TO 85 PERCENT OF OUR FOLKS SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE IT SUPERINTENDENT J. BREWER SAYS, THEY WON’T GO BACK FULL TIME UNTIL STUDENTS GET THE VACCINE TO THAT PROBABLY PUSHES NEXT FALL. IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING ME AND IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR TEACHERS, BUT MAN IT REALLY IS ABOUT GETTING OUR KIDS BACK INTO CLASSROOMS. THANK AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY HANGS A PRE-PANDEMIC PICTURE WITH A MESSAGE SAYING IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT’S DONE. I SHOT THAT MAYBE HAS MORE MEANING NOW. THEN IT DID THEN. NOW THEY’RE SCHEDULING YOUR TEACHERS THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO GET TO EVERYONE