Education groups are pushing for school staff to be in the next wave.
December 11, 2020
Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine?
Health care workers and residents in long-term care facilities will likely be among the first to have access to a COVID-19 vaccine. Who’s next in line could be from among a pool of essential workers, and educators hope they’re at the top of that list.
“I would love enough vaccines to be available so teachers and educators and education support personnel could be moved up on the list as quickly as possible,” Michael Lubelfeld, superintendent of the North Shore School District 112 in Highland Park, Illinois, told ABC News.
Lubelfeld’s district, which serves 3,700 students across 10 campuses, opened in September with a hybrid model, with about 85% of students in-person. After eight weeks, the district had to pivot to remote learning due to increasing rates of COVID-19 transmission in the county.
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