Local high school hosts vaccination clinic for some staff, educators over 65

Jeannie Nguyen reports

FORTY'S JEANNIE NGUYEN SPOKEWITH THE DISTRICTSUPERINTENDENT SAYS THEIRTEACHERS ARE READY TO GET BACKTO CLASS.IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR STAFFSTAFF WEREN'T MEANT TO TEACHCOMPUTER LOCKED GATES EMPTYPARKING LOTS AND CLOSED DOORSHAVE BEEN THE NORM FORTEACHERS AND STAFF AT SAN JUANUNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCETHE START OF THE PANDEMIC.ONLY HIT THE TEACHERS ANDSTAFF HERE CAN'T KERN IS THEDISTRICT'S SUPERINTENDENT ANDTHEY TALK ABOUT HOW HARD IT'SBEEN AND HOW DISTANCE LEARNINGIS NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.EAGER TO GET BACK TO SCHOOLBUT TODAY CURRENT IS FEELING ALITTLE MORE HOPEFUL TO BE ABLETO SEE HIS COLLEAGUES ANDSTUDENTS AGAIN.

THE SAN JUANUNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HASAND YOU SEE DAVIS HEALTH TOGIVE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, THEFIRST ROUND OF THE PFIZERVACCINE WE'RE GOING TO ABLE TOVACCINATE OVER 2000 FOLKSTODAY.THAT'S HUGE NOT ONLY FORTHE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT FORCOMMUNITY.ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS IPERSONALLY WANT TO GO BACK TOTHE CLASSROOM, EL CAMINOFUNDAMENTAL HIGH SCHOOLTEACHER DAVID MANN, A GUARD, IMISS MY STUDENTS I MISS THEMIN FRONT OF ME IN IRAQ WITHTHEM.

SO YOU KNOW THE SOONERTHE BETTER FOR TEACHER ALSO AVOLUNTEER DURING TODAY'SCLINIC.GUARD SAID HE'S EXCITED TOBE GETTING VACCINATED TODAY IFIT MEANS BEING ONE STEP CLOSERTO GETTING BACK IN HISCLASSROOM.

IT'S A SENSE OFRELIEF AND HOPEFULNESSABSOLUTELY YEAH, I FEEL LIKE.YOU KNOW ANOTHER CHAPTER ISABOUT TO OPEN SUPERINTENDENTKERN SAYS STAFF OLDER THAN 65AND THOSE WORKING AT TITLE ONESCHOOLS WERE PRIORITIZED FORTODAY'S VACCINATIONS AND WHILEHE WAITS FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTYTO BE CLEARED UP FOR IN PERSONLEARNING CURRENT URGESEVERYONE IN HIS DISTRICT TO BEPATIENT.

BUT DON'T GIVE UPHOPE.I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WEARE GOING TO HAVE STUDENTSBACK IN IN CLASSES VERY SOON