Massachusetts Town to Bar Unvaccinated Students from Attending School

The public schools in Newton, Massachusetts, will bar unvaccinated students from attending school this fall following a recent chicken pox outbreak.

The Boston Globe reported:

The decision was prompted by a review of student vaccination statuses following a recent chicken pox outbreak, said Superintendent Anna Nolin in a memo to the School Committee last week.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the previous superintendent waived student vaccine requirements, according [sic] the memo. Newton Health and Human Services and the City of Newton Nursing Division found last week at least 182 students, a little more than 1 percent of the student body, continued to attend school without their appropriate immunizations even five years later.

Newton Public Schools Superintendent Anna Nolin told the city’s school committee

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