Sen. Padilla, other officials buoy LAUSD’s efforts to give vaccines to students 5-11

Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of LA County Dept of Health, speaks at the first LAUSD vaccination site to vaccinate children as young as 5 at Arleta High School in Arleta, CA Monday, November 8, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Mark Ghaly, Deputy Director for Community Health for the LA County Dept of Health Services, speaks at the first LAUSD vaccination site to vaccinate children as young as 5 at Arleta High School in Arleta, CA Monday, November 8, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Alex Padilla, California senator, speaks at the first LAUSD vaccination site to vaccinate children as young as 5 at Arleta High School in Arleta, CA Monday, November 8, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Megan Reilly, interim Superintendent of LAUSD, holds children’s hands as they head to the LAUSD vaccination site located at Arleta High School in Arleta, CA Monday, November 8, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Children, as young as age 5, sign up to get their COVID-19 vaccinations at Arleta High School in Arleta, CA Monday, November 8, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Ocean Williams, 5, smiles, under his mask, after getting his COVID-19 vaccination from RN Chelsea Meyer at the LAUSD vaccination site located at Arleta High School in Arleta, CA Monday, November 8, 2021. Ocean’s father, Adan Williams, holds his son as he is vaccinated. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Ocean Williams, 5, looks away as RN Chelsea Meyer administers a COVID-19 vaccine at the LAUSD vaccination site located at Arleta High School in Arleta, CA Monday, November 8, 2021. Ocean’s father, Adan Williams, holds his son as he is vaccinated. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Sahana Malhorta, 7, is one of the first 5-7 year-olds to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the LAUSD vaccination site located at Arleta High School in Arleta, CA Monday, November 8, 2021. Sahana’s mother, Dr. Smita Malhorta, Medical Director for the Los Angeles Unified School District. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

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.

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