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With the first day of school for most Nebraska City students only a week away the school is reporting there are still hundreds of students without proper immunization paperwork.
School Nurse Samantha Collins said 800 of the school's 1,400 students had incomplete paperwork for chicken pox vaccines last March and only 50 have updated their records since then.
“Students are not supposed to be admitted to school without the immunizations. To be in compliance, they need to take care of this as quickly as possible,” Collins said.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services requires all students entering school this year to have two doses of chickenpox vaccine or a parent's signature declaring the child has already recovered from the disease.
The form for parents of children who have had chickenpox can be picked up at the central office at the Second Avenue School or printed from the website www.nebcityps.org.
Scroll down on the right side of the homepage for the tab called school health and click on “school health” tab.
Parents who are not sure if their child has had one or two shots for chicken pox, can call their doctor's office or the school superintendent's office for information.
Appointments are suggested for the medical clinic.
Children who have seen a doctor recently may be able to come in for the shot only, but others will be required to see a doctor.
Southeast District Health Department also offers the vaccination at its mobile immunization labs.
The health district has labs scheduled at Syracuse and Auburn before the start of school on Aug. 17, but is not scheduled at Nebraska City until Aug. 25.
Collins said there is a four-week waiting period between the first and second shot. Students should have had their first dose before entering kindergarten.
With the first day of school for most Nebraska City students only a week away the school is reporting there are still hundreds of students without proper immunization paperwork.
School Nurse Samantha Collins said 800 of the school's 1,400 students had incomplete paperwork for chicken pox vaccines last March and only 50 have updated their records since then.
“Students are not supposed to be admitted to school without the immunizations. To be in compliance, they need to take care of this as quickly as possible,” Collins said.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services requires all students entering school this year to have two doses of chickenpox vaccine or a parent's signature declaring the child has already recovered from the disease.
The form for parents of children who have had chickenpox can be picked up at the central office at the Second Avenue School or printed from the website www.nebcityps.org.
Scroll down on the right side of the homepage for the tab called school health and click on “school health” tab.
Parents who are not sure if their child has had one or two shots for chicken pox, can call their doctor's office or the school superintendent's office for information.
Appointments are suggested for the medical clinic.
Children who have seen a doctor recently may be able to come in for the shot only, but others will be required to see a doctor.
Southeast District Health Department also offers the vaccination at its mobile immunization labs.
The health district has labs scheduled at Syracuse and Auburn before the start of school on Aug. 17, but is not scheduled at Nebraska City until Aug. 25.
Collins said there is a four-week waiting period between the first and second shot. Students should have had their first dose before entering kindergarten.
