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Updated on March 4, 2021 at 7:40 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Starting next week, teachers in Massachusetts will be eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but many are worried about having to compete with everyone for appointments. They are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to come up with a more streamlined plan. Debra King, the president of the Watertown Educators Association, cannot believe the state would move teachers up in vaccine priority without releasing more details about how to ensure they will get the shots. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. “It just doesn’t make sense. You’re going to throw 200,000 teachers into the cue to get the vaccine that the public is finding impossible to get because of appointments. It’s just going to make it worse,” King said. ....
Reply A student and staff member at the RISE preschool tested positive for the coronavirus, Superintendent John Doherty said. (Shutterstock) READING, MA Nineteen students and five staff members at the RISE preschool are in quarantine after being identified as close contacts of a student and employee who tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent John Doherty announced Thursday. The two RISE cases are not related, Doherty said. Ten students in another RISE class will have to go remote because staff in that classroom have to quarantine. A student at Barrows Elementary School who was remote this week also tested positive for the virus. There were no close contacts in school, Doherty said. ....