Where do we stand with the vaccine?
Discussion will be streamed on the DDN Facebook page.
A month after the first coronavirus vaccine shipment arrived in Ohio, the state is beginning a second round of vaccinations while battling supply shortages and vaccine hesitancy.
As part of our commitment to keeping readers informed about the COVID-19 vaccine and evolving plans to distribute it, the Dayton Daily News will host its second hourlong virtual discussion on the vaccine — streamed live on our Facebook page at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 19. After Tuesday, the video will be available for playback on our Facebook page and our website.
The free event includes a panel of local experts and is hosted by Dayton Daily News Community Impact Editor Amelia Robinson, with assistance from Editor Jim Bebbington and reporter
Jordan Laird.
Panelists will include:
■ Fabrice Juin, project manager of the Montgomery County Office of Minority Health
■ Vicky Knisley-Henry, a health educator for Miami County Public Health
■ Dr. Robert W. Frenck Jr., professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, director of the Gamble Center for Vaccine Research and the immunization program medical
others with a C or better in each. Then they have to participate in three or more arts extension activities such as plays, concerts, band seasons or certain music contests.
The student engagement seal would require participation in six defined activities over four years. One school sports season or school play/ musical would count as one activity, as would a full year of a school club like yearbook, science fair or National Honor Society.
Dooley said high school counselors and principals will have roles in tracking students’ path toward the seals. She said some activities will be excluded, but added DPS likely wouldn’t be overly stringent on approvals, “because we want kids to do as much as they can do.”
Dayton Public Schools has struggled to get students from ninth grade to graduation, with the district’s four-year graduation rate stuck below 75% from 2016-19. Given the breadth of options, the seals likely won’t be the main hurdle to a diploma in the new system, compared to the four years of credits or the competency area.
The final local seal, for community service, could help both students and local nonprofits. Students would have to do 40 hours of approved community service or develop their own project.
“The idea with the community service projects would be that the student would plan and execute the project from beginning to end,” Dooley said.
DPS Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli said she’s asking the board to approve the local seals on Tuesday, so all information will be available to students when they start signing up for their 2021-22 classes in February.