In response to the news that educators in Massachusetts will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, the Head of the Fall River Educators Association is looking for more details. 

 

“We want nothing more than to get back to a normal, in-person school experience,” Rebeca Cusicks said. “This remote model and the hybrid model is hard. There’s a lot of misconception that this is easy – this is really hard.”

 

With over 400,000 additional people now eligible for the vaccine, Cusick wished that in the Governor’s comments this morning he would have had more of a blueprint on how this will get done. 

 

“I was a little disappointed that the Governor had no plan on how to get this done efficiently or quickly for educators,” she said. “I would hope they would have some plan or encourage local communities to work out a plan of their own.” 

 

She continued, “Local districts could offer it in a much more efficient manner by setting aside one day or having it done on-site in the schools.”

 

March 11 is the date set for all teachers and school staff to begin making their appointments with a hope of having live classroom instruction this Spring across the Commonwealth. 

 

The Fall River Educators Association represents teachers across the city and varios school staff classifications.