1,250 School Staff From 5 Shoreline Towns Get Vaccine This Week

BRANFORD, CT — Nearly a quarter of the eligible educators and school staff from five towns will be vaccinated against COVID-19 this week, East Shore District Health director Michael Pascucilla told Patch Monday.

Pascucilla said that while it's a "daunting undertaking," the goal is to get teachers, paraprofessionals, school aides, staff including administrators and custodians, cafeteria workers and other vaccinated as soon as possible.

Monday, 200 school staff are being vaccinated in Madison and Guilford. Tuesday, 250 from North Branford schools will be vaccinated. Wednesday, 100 from Branford schools will be vaccinated. Thursday, 100 more from Madison and on Saturday, 600 will be vaccinated; 250 from East Haven, 150 from Branford schools, 150 from Guilford schools and 50 from Madison.

Pascucilla said that the health department does not yet have a vaccine shipment for next week, but when it does, will similarly schedule the vaccines. He said that the vaccine is first being administered to school teachers and staff based on age with the eldest being vaccinated first. He said that the plan is to have all of the more than 4,000 school staff from five towns fully vaccinated before the end of March.

"Hopefully, in the next three weeks, all will be vaccinated," he said. "Time will tell."