

Ohioans 65 and older are also in Phase 1B of the state's COVID-19 vaccination rollout plan.īecause demand far exceeded the supply of vaccine, the state tried to equitably divide the weekly time slots between the state's school districts so not just one part of the state received the vaccinations in any given week. The Ohio Department of Health had set aside more than 116,000 of the roughly total 340,000 vaccine doses the state received over the last two weeks for school employees, spokeswoman Melanie Amato said in an email. "There simply was not enough supply to do it in one week therefore, we had to divide it into weeks and by nature some are going to go in Week One, some are going to go in Week Four," he said. Mike DeWine's spokesman Dan Tierney told The Dispatch last week.Ĭolumbus-area list: When is your central Ohio school district getting the COVID-19 vaccine?

The state didn't use set criteria for making the vaccine schedule for school districts, Gov. While some school districts have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, teachers and staff members in 59 of Ohio's 88 counties are still waiting their turn.Īnd if the vaccine schedule for school districts looks random, that's because it is in a way.
