Bilingual report — Vaccinations for Educators to be Accelerated in Ventura County

VENTURA COUNTY — The County of Ventura (on Feb. 24) announced a new goal of providing school employees with their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March, which is significantly sooner than had originally been anticipated. This will be accomplished by working with local health care providers to administer vaccinations to educators in addition to using the County’s existing vaccination infrastructure.

“We are very gratified to see that the people who work in our schools are receiving high priority for vaccinations in Ventura County,” said Dr. Cesar Morales, Deputy Superintendent for the Ventura County Office of Education. “A fully functioning school system is one of the keys to getting our lives back to normal. The sooner we can get school employees vaccinated, the sooner we will be able to bring all of our students back to the classroom,” he said.

Effective immediately, school employees are eligible to make vaccination appointments on the County’s website at www.venturacountyrecovers.org/vaccine-information. Specifics on the vaccinations that will be administered separately by health care providers are still being finalized. School administrators will be sharing the details directly with their employees as they become available.

School employees will need to show proof of employment, such as a pay stub, in order to receive their vaccinations. Relatives of school employees and school volunteers are not eligible to be vaccinated at this time. It’s also important that school employees only make one single vaccination appointment each. Making multiple appointments will unfairly take a slot away from someone else who could use it.

For the latest information on COVID-19 and Ventura County schools, please visit www.vcoe.org/covid-19.

About the Ventura County Office of Education — The Ventura County Office of Education provides a broad array of fiscal, training and technology support services to local school districts, helping to maintain and improve lifelong educational opportunities for children, educators and community members. VCOE also operates schools that serve students with severe disabilities and behavioral issues, provides career education courses, and coordinates countywide academic competitions including Mock Trial and the Ventura County Science Fair. Learn more at: www.vcoe.org.

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24 de febrero de 2021: se acelerarán las vacunas para educadores en el condado de Ventura

El condado de Ventura anunció hoy un nuevo objetivo de proporcionar a los empleados de la escuela su primera dosis de la vacuna COVID-19 para fines de marzo, que es significativamente antes de lo que se había anticipado originalmente. Esto se logrará trabajando con los proveedores de atención médica locales para administrar las vacunas a los educadores, además de utilizar la infraestructura de vacunación existente en el condado.

“Estamos muy complacidos de ver que las personas que trabajan en nuestras escuelas están recibiendo alta prioridad para las vacunas en el condado de Ventura”, dijo el Dr. Cesar Morales, superintendente adjunto de la Oficina de Educación del condado de Ventura. “Un sistema escolar en pleno funcionamiento es una de las claves para que nuestras vidas vuelvan a la normalidad. Cuanto antes podamos vacunar a los empleados de la escuela, antes podremos traer a todos nuestros estudiantes al salón de clases ”, dijo.

Con vigencia inmediata, los empleados de la escuela son elegibles para programar citas de vacunación en el sitio web del condado en este enlace . Aún se están finalizando los detalles sobre las vacunas que serán administradas por separado por los proveedores de atención médica. Los administradores escolares compartirán los detalles directamente con sus empleados a medida que estén disponibles.

Los empleados de la escuela deberán mostrar un comprobante de empleo, como un talón de pago, para recibir sus vacunas. Los familiares de los empleados de la escuela y los voluntarios de la escuela no son elegibles para vacunarse en este momento. También es importante que los empleados de la escuela solo hagan una cita de vacunación cada uno. Hacer múltiples citas quitará injustamente un espacio a otra persona que podría usarlo.