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SFUSD warns thousands of secondary students must show Tdap proof by Sept. 14 or risk exclusion
Summary
Superintendent Carlos Garcia and Associate Superintendent Kevin Truitt told the board the state's Sept. 14 Tdap documentation deadline affects thousands of secondary students; the district has documentation for roughly 60% of middle and high school students and is running clinics and school-based outreach to avoid exclusions.
Superintendent Carlos Garcia opened the Aug. 23 board meeting by flagging a public-health and attendance issue: state rules require students in grades 7 through 12 to have Tdap vaccination documentation by Sept. 14, and the district had documentation for "only about 60 percent" of middle and high school students.
Garcia said the district does not want to exclude students but stressed the legal deadline: "Come September 15, that's…
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