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' 7 T ,9; ' * tm'Blldnid. this year. the Immunization of School Pupils .' a; (it? '1. ., ,:_ “We live In a global village where travel :33ng immunizations against three Lg _ r“? 2 if 1 .1, gives everyone the opportunity to bring diseases g < bubuolmflerfilidiseuqsowewant As of July 1, three new vaccines were “his éfi ' is: M to make sure that we stay vigilant because agndelii‘élo the immunization of School Pupils 5‘: Sg‘iéxfig‘: t 3;“ a , these diseases are out there in the world a udmg memngl ,Whooptngcough if; ‘ a '7‘ "‘3 ‘4‘“? E: - any! “- ' still.” and chicken pox 1412251“ £5 12‘3"" . A iii-Nu , .1 7.1 Parents can submit their child's records Earlier this year, public health sent out 5“ ' *,;E§.*,t vgi'i '{ -"+ j ‘ é? r’rll; f; on line at e-immuniza- 7‘ 4.031 letters warning parents of Possible :«f 3;: ‘, '2 a: 7’} ... 2' ‘ :35? 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M ‘solemnly affirm” that immunization is Board. magi-2% mgglvacane up use one“ it.“ ‘ s to . d B d ' t "m against their-'sincerely held convictions preven . .beca us paren rgetung an paren an children 0 make sure we based on religion orconscience.‘ "lntheendwewhl‘ttleitdowntoavery ~busylivesandit3agoodreminder~and getflloselddsupdatedOurooverageratefor ~widlfilesfmmRayMartin small percentage of those letters that we first a lot of parents do end up thanking us for send out that we end up suspending so we. making sure that their kids are fully immu- \ 1‘ I ‘ -9”.---- ' n‘-:!(-‘,' " “is”: ---- --- suspend those kids and get the majority up niced. so it does work. ,J’rwgw-rr fool’s-ewe.“ ‘~“ “in" ' ‘r. = ”if _* g N ' ' to date.“ she said. 'Other parents are upset. but for every 2 - I, ' _. 3‘“ . ,-. 4 3 ' Of the secondary school student suspen~ parent that is upset there's another one Who ,9 a, . it“ I ' " g ' sionnotiwsthatwentoutonMay7onlyZ38 ishappythatwe'vetakenthetimetoreview ‘ Big "' .2. .. ,. I at». . ~‘ ' students were left without proper records by all of these records and making sure the ' ' ~ " ' 7 ‘ the end of the day. The next day that num- schoolsaresafe.‘ she said. ' r:=Sf: 2,... " 7 7 ' ' her went down to no and by May 20 there The number of suspensions over the last ' (I: = , " ‘ an; .â€",- , were none left. i few years have been consistent and stable, ' 1“ bx,“ k ’ ' 7' ' According to Black. students can be sus- said Black. who added the vaccines added _ _ _‘ '7 ; 7 m. ‘ 'aw7tv' . pended for up toZOdays for this coming school year are expected to ’ '3. ' a} -" a? it? ‘2' - ‘ ‘ 'l'he process really does help the schools. havean impact. 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