Comments on: Letter: Vancouver Public School parents in the dark again

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:40:17 +0000

In reply to Margaret. Margaret, is this meeting available on Zoom?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:52:04 +0000

The WSBOH Promotion Committee held a Special Meeting on Thursday, Dec. 9 and Clark County Councilor Temple Lentz was present as a member. There was an Update: Preparations for technical advisory group to consider COVID-19 for inclusion in chapter 246-105 WAC by rule-making, which would add COVID 19 to the list of required school vaccines for public and private schools, pre-k thru 12. There was discussion about exemptions to vaccination. Current policy and practice allows for philosophical, religious, and medical exemptions, There is no requirement for a parent to validate or prove their personal or religious beliefs. If a healthcare provider attests to having had a case of chickenpox, that is also accepted as proof of immunity. Lab titer testing for evidence of natural immunity instead of vaccination is currently accepted for all diseases for which vaccines are "required". So far, it's unclear whether WA state has or will recognize lab evidence of having had covid as proof of immunity for PreK-12 students, higher ed students and staff, or other employees of the state and companies in WA State. Informed Choice Washington provides information about exemptions to vaccination requirements for students here.

By: Sally Snyder

Sally Snyder — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 23:59:17 +0000

In reply to Bill DeBoard.

https://www.askhealthyquestions.com/kids-and-covid

By: Katie Bauer

Katie Bauer — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 23:47:01 +0000

In reply to Christopher Armstrong. Coaches and athletic directors currently administer the covid testing. They received training by watching a video.

By: Bill DeBoard

Bill DeBoard — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 23:39:50 +0000

In reply to Sally Snyder. Kids can take COVID home and pass it on to parents, other relatives, and anyone else they come in contact with. Woe to any of them who are medically fragile. If schools were just for academics, schools would not have cafeterias to feed them, busses to transport them, sports to nurture their bodies, music and the arts to expand their development, school nurses to care for them, and school resource officers to protect them. What, just reading, writing, and arithmetic?

By: Sally Snyder

Sally Snyder — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 22:53:36 +0000

In reply to Bill DeBoard.

Kids are not being hospitalized. Get the facts when it comes to a Covid vaccine for children. https://www.askhealthyquestions.com/kids-and-covid, Schools are not medical facilities, they are for academics!

By: Sally Snyder

Sally Snyder — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:26:27 +0000

In reply to Christopher Armstrong. Teachers are already administering Covid tests to kids in all VPS schools for sports. You do realize kids are now discriminated against by the district? Kids in middle school and high school are forced to get vaccinated or Covid test 2x’s a week to play basketball or wrestling. Doesn’t matter your medical history. In basketball that’s about 30 Covid tests. If you do both sports that is FIFTY Covid tests in less than 6 months. Forced tests or don’t play, period. Watch the Nov 30th VPS school board meeting where the superintendent states they would continue with staff doing testing inside and have the parking lot testing sites running at same time until they make sure the bugs all worked out. There were so many bugs they couldn’t get it open, because parents don’t want their kids schools filled with sick public. What about safety issue of bringing people onto closed campuses? Embry Health was dropping PODS in parking lots of TJ and Alki to set up and they had not received health permits, nor finalized agreement with District. The District knew this. Do some research on them. They also administer Covid vaccines! Look at their job postings for Vancouver. OSPI Chris Reykdal stated in a recent educators conference that a vaccine mandate will start in early spring or by fall when school starts. Forced vaccination of healthy kids to go to school has arrived and VPS has strategically been planning to push this onto your kids! You didn’t think the discrimination would end with just teachers did you? ESSER funds. Money talks!

By: Bill DeBoard

Bill DeBoard — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:12:08 +0000

Get vaccinated to add COVID to the list of vaccine-managed diseases like measles, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, chicken pox, whooping cough, Hib, Hepatitis A and B, tetanus, the flu, and polio. Get tested if you think you were exposed. Nasal swabs are way less expensive than possible hospitalization for the loved ones you come in contact with. Details at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/diseases/forgot-14-diseases.html

By: Christopher Armstrong

Christopher Armstrong — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:39:28 +0000

In reply to Valerie Anderson. You do realize that the teachers won’t actually be administering the tests I hope.

By: Valerie Anderson

Valerie Anderson — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 05:46:24 +0000

This is a message that needs to be heard by the public schools: First, the citizens of Vancouver and Clark County do more investigative journalism than the Columbian ‘newspaper’ or the TV ‘news’ channels have in years. Second, turnabout is fair play; we are watching you, too, not just with big tech and corporate media but actual boots on the actual ground. Third, you are educators, not medical providers. You should focus on education. You’re currently failing at your job. Do your job. That’s what we pay you to do.