Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during an interview with KPRC 2 that it is a priority to vaccinate teachers against COVID-19.
KPRC 2 Investigates reached out to school districts in the Houston area to find out what plans are being made to vaccinate faculty and staff. Their responses can be found in the list below.
Of note, not a single school district response includes an actual plan to physically administer shots to teachers of school district staff.
Instead, many plans include “partnering” with either government agencies or businesses, specifically, CVS, to get school personnel vaccinated.
“There is no specific plan with HISD or any other school district, that I know of, to actually put the injections into their arms,” Andy Dewey, with the Houston Federation of Teachers, said Friday.
HISD’s official response seems to be inline with Dewey’s statement:
“HISD is working with the City of Houston Health Department and our partner Next Level Urgent Care to vaccinate our teachers and staff as quickly as possible. We have provided all of our staff with details on how to be placed on the vaccination waitlist. As we learn of other sources for the vaccine, we are alerting our team,” a representative for the school district responded Friday.
