D91 staff receives 2nd dose of vaccine
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Around 600 teachers and staff from District 91 received their second COVID-19 vaccination Friday.
The staff had received their first dose of the vaccine on January 15.
District 91 Communications Director Margaret Wimborne says the district has been working tirelessly to help protect its students and faculty. They ve been working diligently over the last few months to try and put our new protocols in place to do what they can to minimize the spread of the virus in the schools, she said. This is just one more step in that long journey.
Idaho Falls School District 91 receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine much earlier than planned
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Cory Bingham, a teacher with D91 Online Academy, receives the COVID-19 vaccine. | Silas Wright, EastIdahoNews.com
IDAHO FALLS It was a busy day at Taylorview Middle School Friday as teachers and faculty members stood in line for the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Only a week ago, they thought they’d have to wait at least a month. To their surprise, Governor Little announced on Tuesday that teachers and school staff will be prioritized higher on the list of who should receive the vaccine next.
Idaho Falls School District 91 recall, Idaho (2020-2021)
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Recall election date
[1] A majority of voters cast ballots against the recall, defeating the effort.
On February 22, 2021, a district court judge ruled that a recall effort against board member Lara Hill had also qualified for the ballot. Signatures for the recall of Hill and Cogliati were both submitted on December 28, 2020, but the Bonneville County Clerk s Office found that the petition against Hill did not have enough valid signatures to be placed on the ballot.
The recall effort began after the board of trustees voted 3-2 on September 30, 2020, to move high schools in the district from in-person instruction five days a week to a mix of in-person instruction two days a week and online instruction the other three days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cogliati and Hill voted in favor of the change in instruction along with trustee Hillary Radcliffe, while trustees Paul Haacke and Larry Haws v