Dear North Reading Public Schools Community,
I'm writing today to share two important announcements.
1. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced today that they will be meeting on Tuesday in order to pass a K-12 Mask mandate for all students and staff K-12 while indoors. (see attached press release and FAQs)
From the correspondence we have received we know that there will be mixed feelings in our school community about this mandate but the Commissioner believes that the current data requires such a decision and it will be revisited on October 1st. The feedback we have received from our parents, students, guardians, caregivers, educators, and staff on all sides of this issue have been heard and will be very helpful as we continue to naviagte through this pandemic moving forward.
For our indoor programs beginning Monday, August 23, 2021 the coordinators and coaches will be contacting participants to provide more details and I will certainly provide more information from DESE/DPH to everyone as soon as it becomes available.
AND
2. As a joint announcement from the North Reading Health and School department we will be hosting an optional COVID 19 vaccine clinic on Wednesday August 25, 2021 from 5:00 pm to 7:00pm at the Batchelder School. As an added incentive, any school age child who gets a COVID-19 vaccination will receive a gift card from either:
1. Papa Gino’s
2. Dunkin
3. McDonalds
4. Wendy’s
5. Stop & Shop.
Mrs. Hovey, Health Department Public Health Nurse, will be at the clinic and will be in charge of distributing the gift cards and community educational information on the COVID 19 vaccination.
We will be working with VaxinateRx and Healthcare Family Pharmacy to host a COVID vaccine clinic on Wednesday August 25th from 5pm to 7pm at the Batchelder School . Please register for yourself or your child to receive the vaccine at:
https://www.appointmentquest.c
• After registering you will receive an email with a link to the consent form for vaccination (check your spam folder if you do not receive it).
• Please fill out and print the consent form (attached) to bring to the appointment
• For anyone under the age of 18 a consent form signed by a parent/guardian must be presented in order to receive a vaccine
• Parent/guardian does not need to be present as long as the child has a signed consent form
• Please plan on staying for 15 minutes after being vaccinated (30 minutes for anyone who has had a prior anaphylactic reaction to any medication)
• Vaccination is free for everyone regardless of insurance coverage
• We will be administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine which is currently approved for ages 12 and up.
• We will return in 3 weeks to administer the second dose on Wednesday 9/15
• A link will be sent to register for these clinics after the first dose clinics have been completed
Thank you,
Dr. Daly
File attachments:
Covid Vaccine Consent Form fillable.pdf
faq-installment fall_8 20 21 FINAL_clean 1207pm.pdf
BESE memo 8.20.2021 final 1136am.pdf
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