"Our board stands by the science that indicates that vaccination is the most effective and best tool available to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and ensure the safest learning environment possible," the school said in a statement.
"Our commitment to safety is ever more important as COVID-19 cases are spiking again, and the prospect of outbreaks and new variants is significant." The protesting parents said the policy will keep 70 unvaccinated high school seniors from the graduation ceremonies, including eight special-needs students.
"What Granada Hills charter high school has done to its graduating seniors is egregious and unconstitutional by both state and federal standards," Parisa Fishback, cofounder of a group called Moms on the Ground, said in a statement ahead of the rally. "We will hold them accountable in every way possible. For now, we march for the kids that they will not allow to walk."
Big Brother will punish your for not playing Russian Roulette with your lives.
My 16 year old had to have all her vaccinations before being allowed to go to public school. Ever since kindergarten. Precedent has been established. This is just another vaccine against a deadly virus. Where’s their sense of community, responsibility, empathy? Disgusting.
Easy solution: Get vaccinated. ...and grow up. It can't be the way entitled YOU wants it to be all the time.