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The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is moving forward with its usual process of enforcing the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) to ensure students are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.

This will include the review of all student immunization records.

Parents/guardians will be notified if their child is found to have missing vaccines or missing vaccine information.

The full ISPA process of suspending students with incomplete vaccine records will be enforced for students in grades 2-5 and in high schools across Thunder Bay and surrounding areas.

Before any suspensions are handed out, parents/guardians of students will receive notices and be provided with opportunities to complete or update their immunization records well in advance of a possible suspension.

The health unit has issued a notice to parents/guardians of all high school students to notify them of the ISPA process and about opportunities for routine and catch-up vaccines at upcoming school vaccine clinics.

The TBDHU will send notices to parents/guardians of grades 2-5 students in Thunder Bay and surrounding areas in the coming months.

The TBDHU is set to visit every high school in the district over the next two months to offer routine and catch-up vaccines to students. The health unit is also continuing to provide routine school-based clinics twice a year for grades 7 and 8 throughout the TBDHU area.

For those who miss their in-school vaccination the TBDHU is offering further vaccination opportunities, including evening and weekend clinics and clinics held throughout Thunder Bay and surrounding areas to help students catch up on vaccines and avoid suspensions.

Parents of children in junior and senior kindergarten and grade 1 are encouraged to submit immunization records to TBDHU if they have not already done so.