Did you know that when you get your child vaccinated, you’re protecting your child AND our community? If children are not vaccinated, they can spread preventable diseases such as measles, chicken pox, and pertussis to other children who are too young to be vaccinated or to people with weakened immune systems such as transplant patients and people with cancer. Community immunity protects everyone!
The Nursing & Wellness Department ensures that our San Diego Unified students meet immunization requirements for school attendance, to promote a health community and to comply with California State Law. The efforts are led by school nurse Adrienne Lenhoff, RN, who is the Immunization and Communicable Disease Program Nurse. She is our district liaison with the San Diego County Health and Human Services and the San Diego Immunization Registry, the community data base that stores our immunization records. Adrienne works closely with all of our school nurses to provide them with expert consultation and critical data so that the site nurses can be sure all of their students meet the immunization requirements and remain up to date. New immunization laws are coming July 1, 2019! There are new regulations regarding temporary and permanent medical exemptions, students who are transferring from one school to another (even within the same district), and new requirements for students entering kindergarten and 7th grade. If you have questions about how your child may be affected by these new laws or to see the new requirements, go to one of the links below. If you have further questions, send an email to Immunizations@sandi.net.
Link to the English version: https://www.sandiegounified.org/sites/default/files_link/district/files/dept/nursing_and_wellness_program/2019%20CA%20Immunization%20Requirements%20for%20TK-12th%20Grade.pdf
