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TexasTowelie

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Mon Oct 25, 2021, 03:32 PM Oct 2021

Pierce County school district won't fire staff over COVID vaccine, risks state funding

Defying a mandate from Gov. Jay Inslee, Eatonville School District has failed to terminate staff members who aren’t fully vaccinated, and the state has warned that its funding could be affected.

Inslee announced in August that all educators and school staff were required to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 or face termination. While there were religious and medical exemptions, the COVID-19 vaccine has become a condition of employment.

“We won’t gamble with the health of our children, our educators and school staff, nor the health of the communities they serve,” Inslee said in the August press conference.

On Oct. 20, Eatonville School District board members put forward a measure to terminate every staff member who had not been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. The district did not respond for comment before publication on how many staff members had not been vaccinated.

Read more: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/education/article255220016.html

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Pierce County school district won't fire staff over COVID vaccine, risks state funding (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
I guess they want to gamble with the health of their children?? Walleye Oct 2021 #1
Eatonville MFM008 Oct 2021 #2

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