The Queue for Vaccinations
September 01, 2021
Appears in September 2021: School Administrator.
Ethical Educator
Scenario: ![COVID Vaccine Darts](/images/default-source/school-administrator/2021-september/5-ee-sept-21.jpg?sfvrsn=abddfabc_10)
The governor asks the state superintendents’ association for its position on prioritizing school districts to receive COVID vaccine doses for staff. A group of urban superintendents contend that high-needs districts deserve first priority due to
the pandemic’s inequitable impact on the education of historically disadvantaged children and the urgent need to return them to classrooms full-time. Other superintendents, feeling community pressure, argue that no district should receive special
consideration over any other district.
What position should
the association take?
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The Ethical Educator panel consists of
- Shelley Berman, AASA lead superintendent, Redmond, Ore.;
- MaryEllen Elia, senior fellow, International Center for Leadership in Education and retired superintendent;
- Chris Lee Nicastro, former Missouri commissioner of education and president, Lee Consulting Group, St. Louis, Mo.; and
- Louis N. Wool, superintendent, Harrison, N.Y.
Special Award:
This article was the recipient of the Gold TABBIE Award from the Trade Association Business Publications International
Each month, School Administrator draws on actual circumstances to raise an ethical decision-making dilemma in K-12 education. Our distinguished panelists provide their own resolutions to each dilemma.
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