City Schools Of Decatur To Host COVID-19 Vaccine Event For Staff

DECATUR, GA — City Schools of Decatur staff can get vaccinated against COVID-19 this Saturday, CSD Superintendent David Dude announced Tuesday.

The DeKalb County Board of Health is offering a CSD-specific vaccination event March 13, where staff and faculty who elect to get vaccinated will receive the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. This will eliminate the need to get a second dose, which the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require.

Dude said there will be enough doses to vaccinate 400-500 staff members, and the event will be in Doraville near a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) station.

"It's very exciting. There's been so much work that has gone in behind the scenes to make this happen," Dude said. "So many kudos to all the staff that made it happen."

CSD nurses — who have been credentialed to do so — will be administering the vaccine, while the DeKalb BOH will provide clerical staff for the event, Dude said. The district is also offering a virtual vaccine information session Wednesday night from 5-6 p.m. for staff to ask questions and learn more about the vaccine.

Local medical professionals Dr. Jessica Doyle, Dr. Matt Hogan, CSD Lead Nurse Shonda Moore and Dr. M. Kanika Sims will be the panelists for the info session, according to the district's website.

If there is enough demand at the first event, Dude said the district will get a second vaccine event scheduled. A registration link for CSD staff for the first vaccine event is forthcoming, as well as specific vaccine event location and time frame information.