Brevard Public Schools will provide flexibility for its 65+ employees and healthcare specialists interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccination through the Brevard Department of Health

VIERA, Florida – Brevard Public Schools is working to ensure its employees age 65 and older, and those working in school clinics and responsible for the direct care of sick students or staff, have flexibility in their work schedules to obtain the COVID-19 vaccination series if they so choose. The Florida Department of Health in Brevard County (DOH-Brevard) today announced it will begin offering free, appointment-only, COVID-19 vaccinations of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to those age 65 and older and non-hospital healthcare workers, beginning Monday, January 4, 2021, and weekly through Friday, between the hours of 1:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m., until further notice. CLICK HERE for more information.

Given a large majority of BPS employees are working during the hours when the vaccine will be dispensed by the DOH, the district will work to accommodate schedules to allow time for eligible staff to receive both
the initial and follow up vaccine.

“BPS is committed to providing easy accessibility to the COVID-19 vaccine for our most at-risk employees currently eligible to receive it (and interested in doing so),” said Dr. Mark Mullins, Superintendent, Brevard
Public Schools. “This is a first and promising step to hopefully getting ahead of this devastating and deadly virus and we will do everything within our power to ensure those who want the vaccine can get it.”