ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOX) - Next week will be the first two of a series of mass vaccination opportunities that the St. Louis County Department of Public Health plans to conduct specifically for school personnel.
The health department says its first mass vaccination events for educators will be held on March 23 and 24 at at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College.
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Employees of all County schools - public, private and parochial - are being given an opportunity to pre-register on a separate registration list, and several thousand education staff have already signed up. As many as 2,000 school employees could be vaccinated at the two-day event, which will be supported by the Missouri National Guard.
“I’m very pleased that we can offer educators and other school personnel the opportunity to become vaccinated through our collaboration with County schools,” St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page said. “We all want students and educators safely back in their classrooms. In-person learning is the ideal setting and our children need to be in a place where they can socialize, develop interpersonal skills and share life experiences with their friends. Vaccinating our educators is a key step to returning to a traditional classroom setting.”
Educators who are in Category 1B Tier 2 will be given preference for this event, but all school personnel are welcome to pre-register through their schools. Appointments are required and can only be obtained by preregistering. No walk-up service will be offered.
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