JANESVILLE, Wis. — The Janesville School District has canceled classes scheduled for Jan. 22 so all district employees can get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The district announced the schedule change in a press release Thursday afternoon. Mercyhealth will provide and administer the vaccine.
“To make it possible to vaccinate more than 1,300 SDJ employees, the SDJ will not hold school on Friday, January 22, 2021,” Superintendent Steve Pophal said. “We learned today of this opportunity to vaccinate all employees, and we want to give families as much lead time as possible to make arrangements for childcare coverage. We are very grateful to Mercyhealth for making this a possibility.”
District employees will receive their required second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 12. District officials said plans for school that day are still undecided.
Students can expect their teachers to send them home Thursday with lessons and work to finish over the extended weekend, the release said.
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