Petersburg City Public Schools (PCPS) has released a list of local businesses where families can vaccinate their children, encouraging parents to maintain their children’s vaccination schedules to safeguard both individual and community health.
According to PCPS, the vaccine availability directory includes pharmacies, healthcare clinics, health departments, and pediatricians in Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, and Prince George’s. The listed pharmacies include CVS locations at 2100 S. Crater Rd. in Petersburg and 629 Boulevard in Colonial Heights; Walgreens at 3298 S. Crater Rd. in Petersburg and 3201 Boulevard in Colonial Heights; Walmart Pharmacies at 3500 South Crater Rd. in Petersburg and 671 Southpark Blvd. in Colonial Heights; as well as smaller local pharmacies like Colonial Heights Pharmacy and Walnut Hill Pharmacy.
The directory also features pediatricians and adolescent medicine providers such as Dr. Harold Duhart, Dr. Melaney Caldwell, and Southside Pediatric Center. These options are intended to help parents ensure their children remain current on vaccinations while supporting overall community health.
Under Virginia law, parents or guardians must immunize children according to schedules set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Required immunizations for school attendance include vaccines for Hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hib, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, polio, pneumococcal disease, HPV, rotavirus, hepatitis A, and meningococcal disease. These vaccines must be administered by qualified healthcare professionals or through local health departments that offer them at no cost to eligible children under programs like Vaccines for Children or Medicaid.
PCPS serves approximately 4,400 students across nine schools with a staff of 672 and an annual budget of $70.5 million. The district aims to prepare students as capable citizens ready for collaboration and innovation while focusing on transforming learning opportunities so every student graduates with diverse choices. PCPS is governed by a seven-member School Board elected to four-year terms responsible for setting policies and overseeing the budget. Superintendent Yolonda Brown leads the district with board meetings held twice monthly.
