{"id":7552,"date":"2022-07-07T14:29:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T18:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/pressr\/?p=7552"},"modified":"2022-07-07T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:19:55","slug":"aacps-department-of-health-team-up-to-offer-free-covid-19-boosters-school-readiness-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/pressr\/?p=7552","title":{"rendered":"AACPS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TEAM UP TO OFFER FREE COVID-19 BOOSTERS, SCHOOL READINESS VACCINATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Anne Arundel Department of Health again teaming up this summer to help keep students and adults healthy by offering a variety of free COVID-19 and school readiness vaccination clinics at middle schools throughout the county.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/pressr\/?attachment_id=7553#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7553 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/pressr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vax-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>The clinics will offer the following vaccinations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COVID-19 boosters (Pfizer) for county residents ages 5 and older, regardless of whether, in the case of school-aged residents, they are enrolled in AACPS for the 2022-23 school year.<\/li>\n<li>Seventh-grade Meningococcal vaccine (Menquadfi) and Tdap vaccines for those students entering seventh grade in August who are enrolled in AACPS for the 2022-23 school year.<\/li>\n<li>Varicella vaccine for any student entering kindergarten in August who needs a second dose of varicella and is enrolled in AACPS for the 2022-23 school year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 vaccinations and\/or boosters are not required for students to attend AACPS schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parents or guardians must register children for each vaccine their child is receiving using specific links as outlined below. Clinics will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. To date, the following clinics have been announced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, July 12, 2022: Bates Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 13, 2022: Corkran Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, July 14, 2022: Meade Middle School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dates for clinics at 12 additional middle schools will be announced as soon as those plans are finalized.<\/p>\n<p>All children must be accompanied by an adult at the vaccine site. Everyone at all clinics must be masked at all times while they are in the clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Registration links for all school-based clinics can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aacps.org\/covidvaccines\">www.aacps.org\/covidvaccines<\/a>. <strong>To provide equitable access for all interested families, links for the three clinics listed above clinics will be made public at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 7, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Information regarding required vaccinations to attend school can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aacps.org\/schoolvaccines\">www.aacps.org\/schoolvaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Anne Arundel Department of Health again teaming up this summer to help keep students and adults healthy by offering a variety of free COVID-19 and school readiness vaccination clinics at middle schools throughout the county. 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