Laredo ISD reports 218 Tdap, 225 MCV4 doses given at mid‑June middle‑school clinics

Laredo Independent School District officials told the Student Services Committee on Wednesday that the City of Laredo Public Health Department administered vaccines at the district’s four middle schools in May to help meet state requirements for incoming seventh graders.

Pat Martinez, speaking for district nursing staff, said the city-run clinics administered 218 Tdap doses and 225 MCV4 (meningococcal conjugate) doses across the four middle schools during dates in May. Martinez said the clinics at Lamar Middle School, Sagararo, Christian Middle and Memorial Middle took place during school hours with parental consent forms collected in advance; parents did not need to be present for vaccination on campus.

The district emphasized that the figures Martinez reported reflect only doses given on campus by the City of Laredo during those specific clinic dates. Martinez told trustees that some students have already received one or both vaccines from private physicians and that reporting lags in the state immunization registry—referred to in the meeting as “the state database”—can make campus totals appear lower than total immunizations received by students.

Martinez gave school-level counts from the campus clinics: Lamar Middle School — 66 Tdap and 69 MCV4; Sagararo — 45 Tdap and 47 MCV4; Christian Middle — 76 Tdap and 79 MCV4; Memorial Middle (May 15) — 31 Tdap and 30 MCV4. She said the district plans another clinic at campus schedule pick‑up events and that summer‑school nurses are following up with families who still need to provide consent so vaccinations can be administered in August.

Trustee Juan Ramirez asked what percentage the campus clinic numbers represent of the district’s middle‑grade population; Martinez estimated that the campus clinics accounted for “about 10%” of the incoming seventh‑grade population based on a rough calculation discussed in the meeting, and she said a clearer districtwide percentage will be available in August after nurses complete follow‑up and verify private‑provider records in the state immunization registry (the district referenced the state registry software during the presentation). Ramirez also asked why MCV4 and Tdap totals differed; Martinez said some pupils had already received MCV4 from private physicians, some records have not yet been entered into the registry, and, in a few cases, medical exemptions or allergies account for differences.

Committee members and presenters stressed that state requirements mean students without required vaccinations cannot be enrolled in seventh grade and that the district is coordinating with the City of Laredo Public Health Department because the district has had nurse shortages that limit how many in‑school clinics it can run alone.

The district declined to provide a finalized districtwide vaccination percentage during the meeting and said it will present updated, verified totals after nurses complete outreach and registry checks in August.