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Move to vaccinate Mass. teachers intensifies competition for limited shots Robert Weisman © Nancy Lane/Pool Governor Charlie Baker observed a class on Wednesday at West Parish Elementary School in Gloucester, which has been holding in-person learning for several months. Governor Charlie Baker bowed to federal pressure Wednesday and made about 400,000 teachers, school staffers, and child care workers eligible to book COVID-19 shots at Massachusetts vaccination sites on March 11. But with vaccines in short supply, the move will thrust educators into a furious competition for ...

Teachers have moved up the list to begin getting their COVID-19 vaccines, but that isn’t the case for other workers, and the unions representing them are frustrated. Teachers can begin getting their vaccines at any of the state’s vaccination sites on March 11, following the federal government’s plan to allow teachers to be vaccinated at pharmacies. The decision comes after weeks of teachers pushing to be moved up the list. But other workers, including those in grocery stores and mass transit, cafes and restaurants, who were part of Phase 2’s original Group 3 along with teachers, remai...

Starting March 11, teachers, early educators and school staff members will be able to try to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine appointments through any of the state's 170 vaccination sites and mass vaccination sites plan to block off certain days to vaccinate educators, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday morning.

Massachusetts teachers now eligible for vaccines on March 11

bferry@timesobserver.com Photo submitted to Times Observer Warren County Career Center Precision Machine Technology Instructor Colton Black (left) and senior Machine Technology student Hunter Gourley show some of the tooling purchased with over $4,000 in PARSS grant funds. BRIAN FERRY bferry@timesobserver.com A grant will help familiarize a group of Warren County students with the equipment used in their field of study. “The Warren County Career Center(WCCC)Machine Technology Program of Study has received a $4,456 grant through the efforts of the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small ...