Some of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s youngest learners received their first coronavirus vaccine dose on Monday, Nov. 8, as the nation’s second-largest school district rolled out its vaccination program to children ages 5 to 11.
Mobile vaccination teams will be deployed to various school sites this week to administer pediatric doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Thirteen school-based clinics will start offering the doses as well beginning Nov. 16. Some school-based clinics will also be open on select Saturdays.
On Monday, school board President Kelly Gonez, Vice President Nick Melvoin, interim Superintendent Megan Reilly, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer visited Arleta High School to promote the vaccination campaign.
Although LAUSD’s student vaccination mandate only applies to those 12 and older, the district is making the Pfizer vaccine available to younger children, following last week’s decision by the CDC authorizing emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11.
Information about LAUSD’s vaccination clinics is available at achieve.lausd.net/studentvaccine.