All Falls Church City Schools teachers to receive vaccine Monday

[Anonymous]

In a surprise announcement Thursday, F.C. City Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Noonan told an online town hall that the Fairfax Health Department will deploy a “closed pod” to Falls Church Monday to provide doses of the Moderna vaccine to all Falls Church City Schools’ teachers and staff.

Dr. Noonan hailed the decision, saying that once the teachers and staff then receive a second dose a month later, that all City schools’ classrooms could be open for direct teaching by Feb. 22 or 23.

Noonan said he was informed of the new policy early this morning after the health department suffered a crash of its website due to the volume of inquiries today.

Source: https://fcnp.com/2021/01/14/all-f-c-teachers-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-monday/

[Anonymous]

That is wonderful for them, and INFURIATING to those of us in other districts!! Why can't we have that too???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is wonderful for them, and INFURIATING to those of us in other districts!! Why can't we have that too???

I’d be fine with that plan, but my county is not that organized. Maybe it’s a size issue?

[Anonymous]

How many teachers in this district?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is wonderful for them, and INFURIATING to those of us in other districts!! Why can't we have that too???

I’d be fine with that plan, but my county is not that organized. Maybe it’s a size issue?

NO, it is a WILL issue. Some districts have the will, others do not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

In a surprise announcement Thursday, F.C. City Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Noonan told an online town hall that the Fairfax Health Department will deploy a “closed pod” to Falls Church Monday to provide doses of the Moderna vaccine to all Falls Church City Schools’ teachers and staff.

Dr. Noonan hailed the decision, saying that once the teachers and staff then receive a second dose a month later, that all City schools’ classrooms could be open for direct teaching by Feb. 22 or 23.

Noonan said he was informed of the new policy early this morning after the health department suffered a crash of its website due to the volume of inquiries today.

Source: https://fcnp.com/2021/01/14/all-f-c-teachers-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-monday/

Why does Falls Church City get this and not the rest of Fairfax County? It's not fair for the county to treat people who don't even pay taxes there better than our own residents. WTF?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In a surprise announcement Thursday, F.C. City Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Noonan told an online town hall that the Fairfax Health Department will deploy a “closed pod” to Falls Church Monday to provide doses of the Moderna vaccine to all Falls Church City Schools’ teachers and staff.

Dr. Noonan hailed the decision, saying that once the teachers and staff then receive a second dose a month later, that all City schools’ classrooms could be open for direct teaching by Feb. 22 or 23.

Noonan said he was informed of the new policy early this morning after the health department suffered a crash of its website due to the volume of inquiries today.

Source: https://fcnp.com/2021/01/14/all-f-c-teachers-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-monday/

Why does Falls Church City get this and not the rest of Fairfax County? It's not fair for the county to treat people who don't even pay taxes there better than our own residents. WTF?

Falls Church is an independent city on the borders of Fairfax County and Arlington County. It's very small (only one high school), so they can do things much more nimbly than Fairfax. However, if Fairfax weren't so concerned about keeping everything equitable, and instead focused on letting each district within Fairfax manage itself, it could do better. The bigger the bureaucracy, the slower (and worse).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In a surprise announcement Thursday, F.C. City Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Noonan told an online town hall that the Fairfax Health Department will deploy a “closed pod” to Falls Church Monday to provide doses of the Moderna vaccine to all Falls Church City Schools’ teachers and staff.

Dr. Noonan hailed the decision, saying that once the teachers and staff then receive a second dose a month later, that all City schools’ classrooms could be open for direct teaching by Feb. 22 or 23.

Noonan said he was informed of the new policy early this morning after the health department suffered a crash of its website due to the volume of inquiries today.

Source: https://fcnp.com/2021/01/14/all-f-c-teachers-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-monday/

Why does Falls Church City get this and not the rest of Fairfax County? It's not fair for the county to treat people who don't even pay taxes there better than our own residents. WTF?

They probably requested it.

I’m sure the health department would make it happen for other districts if they got their acts together.

[Anonymous]

If this is true, then Inova needs to remove Falls Church City Schools from its signup. There is going to be mass confusion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, then Inova needs to remove Falls Church City Schools from its signup. There is going to be mass confusion.

It wasn't there yesterday. Just Fairfax County and Fairfax City.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Time to get vaccinated, teachers, and open the schools back up!

No more excuses.

Yes, they will go back Feb 22/23 (7 days after the 2nd shot) as a worse case. They can open earlier if the FCC PCR percentage positive stays below 8% for 7 days (today was 7.9%, so day 1).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to get vaccinated, teachers, and open the schools back up!

No more excuses.

Yes, they will go back Feb 22/23 (7 days after the 2nd shot) as a worse case. They can open earlier if the FCC PCR percentage positive stays below 8% for 7 days (today was 7.9%, so day 1).

Aren’t you supposed to wait 2 weeks after the second shot? Or is that only Pfizer?

[Anonymous]

Get those shots in arms, love to see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to get vaccinated, teachers, and open the schools back up!

No more excuses.

Yes, they will go back Feb 22/23 (7 days after the 2nd shot) as a worse case. They can open earlier if the FCC PCR percentage positive stays below 8% for 7 days (today was 7.9%, so day 1).

Aren’t you supposed to wait 2 weeks after the second shot? Or is that only Pfizer?

I thought it was a week after the second shot. Either way, doing it this way makes it easier to re-open on a set date because you will know that the staff has had the oppertunity to receive the vaccine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to get vaccinated, teachers, and open the schools back up!

No more excuses.

Yes, they will go back Feb 22/23 (7 days after the 2nd shot) as a worse case. They can open earlier if the FCC PCR percentage positive stays below 8% for 7 days (today was 7.9%, so day 1).

VDH revised the numbers- FCC has been at 7.9 for 5 days now.