Nearly 60% Of Framingham HS Students Fully Vaccinated: Data

FRAMINGHAM, MA — With the first day of school about a week away, more than half of Framingham High School students will head back to class on Sept. 1 fully vaccinated against coronavirus.

That's according to data released this week by Framingham Public Schools, which shows that 1,407 of the school's nearly 2,500 students have received two doses of the vaccine.

As of August, only the Pfizer version of the vaccine was approved for use in children under age 18. The number of vaccinated students is just over 60 percent when also counting students who have received one shot — in some cases, that could mean a student is fully vaccinated because the Johnson and Johnson version — which is only approved for people age 18 or over — is given in a single dose. The two-shot Moderna version is also available for anyone over 18.

Framingham students in 11th and 12 grades have the highest vaccination rates at 57 and 61 percent, respectively, according to the district's data.

Superintendent Robert Tremblay will present the district's full 2021-22 coronavirus plan at the Wednesday School Committee meeting. The district is planning several measures to keep the virus from spreading inside schools, from a mask mandate and ventilation upgrades to vaccine clinics at the high school and Fuller Middle School.

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