Dear Fort Recovery Community,
The State of Ohio now has updated requirements of immunizations
for your 7th-12th grade student. Beginning
this school year, students entering 7th grade
will need to have one dose of meningococcal (serogroups A, C, W and Y)
vaccine in addition to the current requirement of having one dose of the Tdap
(tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis) vaccine.
Students entering the 12th grade
will need to have a second dose of meningococcal vaccine. The second dose
must be administered on or after the 16th birthday. If the first dose of
meningococcal vaccine was administered after the 16th birthday,
a second dose is not required.
For more information on the meningococcal vaccine:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/who/teens/vaccines/mening.html#why
For more information on Ohio school immunization requirements:
https://www.odh.ohio.gov/~/media/ODH/ASSETS/Files/bid/immunizations/Directors%20Journal%202016.pdf
With Indian Pride,
Justin M. Firks
Fort Recovery Local Schools
Superintendent
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