New York Post

In-person teachers’ vex-ination

- Gabrielle Fonrouge and Selim Algar

New York City public-school educators who are teaching in-person classes are furious that their remote counterpar­ts were offered the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as them — and that the city will be relying on an honor system to prioritize those working in classrooms.

Department of Education staffers were told over the weekend that they could schedule the inoculatio­n as soon as Monday, but no system was set in place to prioritize in-person workers, according to internal e-mails and staff who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

“Teachers who work in-person are all raging right now,” one DOE official said. “They’re all pissed because they feel they’re getting the short end of the stick in here everyday getting exposed while people are sitting home in their jammies.”

E-mails obtained by The Post show the DOE told staffers who are working from home to “please wait for further guidance on when to schedule your vaccinatio­n,” but the city won’t be able to enforce the request and must rely on an honor system, an agency source said.

One in-person Brooklyn teacher said remote workers were signing up for the shot. “They had the luxury of being home and were able to refresh [the Web page] and find appointmen­ts today,” the teacher griped. “I am having such a hard time finding a time and a location that isn’t in f- -king Guam.”

The DOE said in a statement, “Employees working remotely have been directed to wait for further guidance.”

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