No Shot, No School?
Thousands of students may be barred next fall; 麻豆果冻传媒 schedules free clinic for Friday
Sacramento City Unified School District (麻豆果冻传媒) is holding a free immunization clinic from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday (June 3) at John F. Kennedy High School to help parents comply with a daunting new state law affecting thousands of local families.
The new law states that students entering seventh through 12th grades cannot attend school in the fall until their parents turn in shot records showing that they have been vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough).
In 麻豆果冻传媒 alone, the law affects 20,000 high school and middle school students. 鈥淭his is very serious,鈥� said Superintendent Jonathan Raymond. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 want to turn any students away, and yet the law says without documentation of this critical immunization we cannot allow students in class.鈥�
The state estimates that about half of California students
affected by the law have already received the 鈥淭dap鈥� booster.
However, parents must bring their child鈥檚 shot record to school
to be recorded before the start of school in September. So far,
few parents have complied with this new policy.
Parents of children currently in grades six through 11 (who will
be entering middle or high school in the fall) that have not had
the Tdap can bring their children to John F. Kennedy High School
(6715 Gloria Drive) from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, June 3, for
a free inoculation. It is recommended that parents bring their
child鈥檚 immunization record to the clinic.