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Teacher and parent urges Hendry County School Board to retain student vaccination requirements
Summary
At public comment, a Hendry County teacher and parent urged the board to keep local vaccination requirements after the Florida Surgeon General announced intentions to end state vaccine mandates; board members said state action was not yet final and district policies still require immunization.
Josh Wharton, a Hendry County teacher and parent, addressed the board during the public-comment portion of the Oct. 21 meeting to urge the district to retain its student vaccination requirements in light of a recent state-level announcement.
"I'm speaking up in opposition to the Florida Surgeon General's announcement of plans to no longer require state vaccine mandates for public school children," Wharton said. He argued that vaccines protect…
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