MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — School systems are among the bodies trying to provide younger West Virginians with coronavirus vaccines as active cases rise among young adults and students.
Monongalia County Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell and staff have been working with state officials to determine when doses will become available. Campbell told MetroNews affiliate WAJR-AM he is hopeful a clinic for students will take place by mid-April.
“‘We’ve been soliciting from our school community and our families that are interested in having their students who are 16 years and older vaccinated,” he said.
Jody Sperry, the Harrison County Schools coordinator of health services, has been working with Harrison-Clarksburg Health Department officials about vaccinations. She said department Executive Director Chad Bundy has established an efficient system capable of administering 1,000 shots a day.
“He has a schedule that is very open right now,” she added. “He can usually get people in within a week of trying to make an appointment.”
Harrison County parents will begin receiving a form from the school system detailing how to schedule an appointment. Family members of students will also be allowed to receive doses.
Kanawha County health officials last week held clinics at the county’s eight public high schools, in which more than 900 students received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.