School districts in Salt Lake County are also planning vaccination clinics, but the schedules are a little more “up in the air.” For now, they’re trying to gauge how many students would be interested in getting the medication. Parents in the Granite School District are being asked to fill out a survey that would help them determine how many doses will be needed.
“We’re now looking to vaccinate 16-17 year-old kids who have an interest and whose parents authorize it,” said Granite School District Spokesman Ben Horsley. “What better place to do that than in the school they attend?”
Horsley said the Salt Lake County Health Department reached out to districts all over the valley to help arrange these clinics and they aren’t quite certain when the vaccines will arrive, but it will likely be soon.
“We plan on starting our vaccination clinics next week,” Horsley said.
Parents in the Canyons School District received a similar survey.
District Spokesman Jeff Haney said, “There are nearly 7,000 students in the Canyons School District who would be eligible to receive doses of the vaccine for novel coronavirus in school and during school hours.”
However, Haney said parents don’t have much time if they want to ensure their child gets a dose. If the vaccines are coming soon, he said parents need to act soon, also.
“We want parents to respond to this survey by 5 p.m. on Wednesday,” Haney said.
