| July 25, 2002
HUDSON — The Hudson Public Schools nurses are involved
with making sure that all children in the system are
properly immunized. With increasing health issues in the
schools, it is vital for all children to be protected. The
main goal is to keep children healthy enough to stay in
school and in class. The Health Services Coordinator
Kathleen Hassey, registered nurse, wants to alert parents
that no children will be admitted to school in September
without complete immunizations.
This specifically effects the seventh-graders, for whom
the immunization requirements have changed in the last two
years. Massachusetts General Law 76ss. 15 " no child shall
be admitted to school except upon presentation of a
physician’s certificate that the child has been successfully
immunized... " The law and regulations provide for exclusion
of students from school if immunizations are not up-to-date,
but permit exemptions for medical or religious reasons.
We want to give parents as much advance notice as
possible, therefore Mary Jenkinson, registered nurse, JFK
school nurse, has mailed each sixth grade family the exact
immunizations each child needs to begin school in September.
We don’t want to follow others school districts, like
Worcester, that was forced to send students home who did not
have their immunizations up-to-date.
To insure that Hudson Public Schools follows the
Massachusetts General Law, we target entry into school
points such as kindergarten and transferring becomes an
important year for several immunizations. The Hudson School
Committee has reviewed our policy regarding immunizations
and school entry, and agrees we must follow the law as it
stands. Any questions can be directed to Kathleen Hassey at
978-567-6116.
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