3,000 Students Don't Have Shots

[Guest guest]

" 3,000 Don't Have Shots "

Californian (04/17/04) Nix,

After a 12-month program to computerize healthcare records for students of

the Salinas Union High School District in Salinas, Calif., officials have

discovered that 3,000 students lack some or all of the immunizations

required by the state for attendance, which could lead to their suspension

from school until they obtain the shots. Records for the entire Monterey

County school system are not available, but the county's immunization

coordinator, Jana Donckers, believes the problem is widespread and not

confined to Salinas. Donckers acknowledges that the state allows parents to

exclude their children from immunization programs based on religious or

medical grounds, but most unvaccinated children lack the shots because their

parents do not have the money to cover the cost or are unaware of the

requirements. Nurses in the Salinas Union school district say that while the

school system tracked children that did not meet required vaccination

figures and mailed notices to parents, the notification program was not

centralized, and it was impossible to know how many children lacked

vaccinations.

[Guest guest]

" 3,000 Don't Have Shots "

Californian (04/17/04) Nix,

After a 12-month program to computerize healthcare records for students of

the Salinas Union High School District in Salinas, Calif., officials have

discovered that 3,000 students lack some or all of the immunizations

required by the state for attendance, which could lead to their suspension

from school until they obtain the shots. Records for the entire Monterey

County school system are not available, but the county's immunization

coordinator, Jana Donckers, believes the problem is widespread and not

confined to Salinas. Donckers acknowledges that the state allows parents to

exclude their children from immunization programs based on religious or

medical grounds, but most unvaccinated children lack the shots because their

parents do not have the money to cover the cost or are unaware of the

requirements. Nurses in the Salinas Union school district say that while the

school system tracked children that did not meet required vaccination

figures and mailed notices to parents, the notification program was not

centralized, and it was impossible to know how many children lacked

vaccinations.

[Guest guest]

" 3,000 Don't Have Shots "

Californian (04/17/04) Nix,

After a 12-month program to computerize healthcare records for students of

the Salinas Union High School District in Salinas, Calif., officials have

discovered that 3,000 students lack some or all of the immunizations

required by the state for attendance, which could lead to their suspension

from school until they obtain the shots. Records for the entire Monterey

County school system are not available, but the county's immunization

coordinator, Jana Donckers, believes the problem is widespread and not

confined to Salinas. Donckers acknowledges that the state allows parents to

exclude their children from immunization programs based on religious or

medical grounds, but most unvaccinated children lack the shots because their

parents do not have the money to cover the cost or are unaware of the

requirements. Nurses in the Salinas Union school district say that while the

school system tracked children that did not meet required vaccination

figures and mailed notices to parents, the notification program was not

centralized, and it was impossible to know how many children lacked

vaccinations.

[Guest guest]

" 3,000 Don't Have Shots "

Californian (04/17/04) Nix,

After a 12-month program to computerize healthcare records for students of

the Salinas Union High School District in Salinas, Calif., officials have

discovered that 3,000 students lack some or all of the immunizations

required by the state for attendance, which could lead to their suspension

from school until they obtain the shots. Records for the entire Monterey

County school system are not available, but the county's immunization

coordinator, Jana Donckers, believes the problem is widespread and not

confined to Salinas. Donckers acknowledges that the state allows parents to

exclude their children from immunization programs based on religious or

medical grounds, but most unvaccinated children lack the shots because their

parents do not have the money to cover the cost or are unaware of the

requirements. Nurses in the Salinas Union school district say that while the

school system tracked children that did not meet required vaccination

figures and mailed notices to parents, the notification program was not

centralized, and it was impossible to know how many children lacked

vaccinations.