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Central Florida school district to offer vaccines to students 16+

By FOX 35 News Staff
Updated  April 1, 2021 9:30pm EDT
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Vaccines to be offered to 16+ at Lake County high schools

Lake County will be the first school district in Central Florida to offer this kind of vaccination plan.

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - Lake County Schools announced it will begin offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all its employees and students age 16 and older at its high schools.

Vaccinations will begin next week.

Parents or legal guardians must accompany minor students ages 16 and 17 who want to get the vaccine.

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Doses will be given as scheduled:

Eustis High School from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

  • 1st dose on April 5th
  • 2nd dose on April 26th

South Lake High School from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

  • 1st dose on April 6th
  • 2nd dose on April 27th

Leesburg High School from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

  • 1st dose on April 6th
  • 2nd dose on April 27th

Lake Minneola High School from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

  • 1st dose on April 7th
  • 2nd dose on April 28th

Tavares High School from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

  • 1st dose on April 8th
  • 2nd dose on April 29th

"I’ve heard a lot of good things about it and the test results have been super positive from what I’ve heard and I think it will be better – more safe -- for me to get it," one student told FOX 35.

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Another student was less confident, saying "I don’t really know. It really depends if my parents get it or not."

Then a third student was a no, stating "I don’t think so personally just because of all the bad side effects that my family’s heard about it. My grandparents got it though."

Central Florida school district to offer vaccines to students 16 and up

Lake County Schools announced it will begin offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all its employees and students age 16 and older at its high schools.

Lake County Superintendent Diane Kornegary explained that "with every vaccination, we can provide it does create a greater sense of normalcy and a greater hope that we’ll be able to open up the school next year in some more normal fashion than we have. We’re excited and encouraging everybody to take advantage of this opportunity so that normal start is more of a reality for us next year."

Lake County is the first Central Florida school district to offer vaccinations at its schools. 

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