City School Employees Could Get Fired If They Aren’t Vaccinated

By Christina Sturdivant Sani ● Education ● November 5, 2021

Woman preps to administer COVID-19 vaccine at a Maryland National Guard mobile vaccination popup. Photo by Maryland National Guard via Flickr.

What’s happening?

The total percentage of Baltimore City Public School employees who have received the COVID-19 vaccine is 87%, according to recent data reported by The Baltimore Sun. Under a new mandate, if the non-vaccinated employees don’t get the shot or request exemption by early December, they could get fired.

Does this mean the system is going to be down a lot of teachers?

According to The Sun, school officials “aren’t anticipating many teachers will resign or be forced to leave because they refused to comply.” Currently, the system has about 5,200 teachers.

Anything else I should know?

While 87% is the total number of vaccinated employees throughout the school system, 97% of principals are vaccinated, while 90% of teachers have received the shot.

You can read more here.

Author

Christina Sturdivant Sani

Christina Sturdivant Sani is a writer and editor who has contributed to nearly two dozen publications including Washington Post, the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper, and Bloomberg’s CityLab.

At Bloc by Block News, Christina is responsible for setting and implementing the vision for the cooperative’s editorial initiatives. In this role, she’s intentional about amplifying the voices of people—both writers and subjects—who have historically been silenced by white-led media outlets.

Christina is also a podcast junkie, audiobook lover, coffee shop connoisseur, and proud Washington, D.C. native. She studied print journalism at Hampton University.

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Christina Sturdivant Sani

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