Immunizations and Exemptions

2023-2024 School Medical Immunization Report

2022-2023 School Medical Immunization Report

2021-2022 School Medical Immunization Report

2020-2021 School Medical Immunization Report

Arkansas Immunization Requirements

Immunizations requirements ARE THE LAW.  Every child must have received all the vaccines, be in process of receiving needed doses, applied for an exemption for those vaccines that he or she has not received in order to continue attendance in a public school. Any student not in compliance will be excluded from attending public school.


Kindergarten:
At least 4 doses of DTaP, DTP, DT vaccine with 1 dose on or after the 4th birthday, at least 3 doses of polio vaccine with 1 dose on or after the 4th birthday, 2 doses of MMR vaccine, 2 doses of Varicella vaccine, 3 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine, and 1 dose of Hepatitis A vaccine.


1st Grade through 12th Grade:
At least 3 or 4 doses of DTaP, DTP, DT, Td or Tdap and 1 dose of Tdap for ages 11 years ( as of September 1st each year) and older. At least 3 doses of polio vaccine, 2 doses of MMR vaccine, 2 doses of Varicella vaccine, 2 or 3 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine depending of the type of vaccine given, 1 dose of Hepatitis A vaccine for 1st grade, 1 or 2 doses of Meningococcal vaccine with 1 dose for 7th grade and 2nd dose at age 16 years (as of September 1st each year). However, if the 1st dose of Meningococcal vaccine is given at age 16 years or older, no 2nd dose is required.


*We can only accept varicella disease diagnosis by a medical professional (MD, APN, DO, PA). Parental report of varicella disease will not be accepted.


If your child needs vaccines please contact your child’s doctor or Boone County Health unit at 870-743-5244, Carroll County Health unit at 870-423-2923, Newton County Health unit at 870-446-2216, Marion County Health unit at 870-449-4259, Searcy County Health unit at 870-448-3374 for an appointment.
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Greenhouse will open Saturday, April 13th to the public. Hours will be:

                     Monday- Friday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
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1/5/24 - Bus Snow Routes Pick Up & Drop Off Hubs Information:  Today was a great reminder that winter weather is here. The snow was and still is beautiful. There is also a possibility of winter weather next week as well so we want to make sure that we are all prepared.
With that being said, since we no longer have the option of using AMI Days and all of our snow days will be real SNOW DAYS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE MADE UP, we wanted to come up with plan that allowed the ones that could safely get to school in the event of a small snow storm to do so. Therefore, we can still count it as a school day.
Therefore, we have created what we call snow routes that will utilize strategic hubs or pick-up locations around the district. These hubs will be the only place that the buses will be picking up and dropping off students on days that we deem it necessary to run snow routes due to the weather. Please click the following link to access our snow route hubs. https://bit.ly/vssnowhubs
Pick-up at all hubs will be from 7:15-7:30. The buses will leave at exactly 7:30.
For the afternoon drop off, we ask that parents arrive at the hubs by 3:25 at the same hub in which your child was picked up for school.
There will be 1-2 buses at each hub.
Pick-up/drop-off will only occur at the hubs.
Rest assured that student and staff safety is at the forefront of our minds and we will have a snow day/no school if we do not feel like the roads are safe enough for us to travel to school.
In the event that your road is too treacherous to make it to school, please contact the office of the school that your student attends.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we try this new strategy in the event of winter weather.


Student Drop Off/ Pick Up MapHere is the car rider pick up/drop off map.  We tried our best to make it readable.  However, you will see the elementary entrance and Rally Hill Road are are two main entrances/exits.  They look congested.  Just remember to be patient at the beginning of school while we get used to the flow. 


Attention:  A change for this year due to safety concerns is that no cars will be allowed on campus until 3:10 in the afternoon.  This includes Little Red School House and the Preschool.  We had a couple of close calls last year and want to keep all of our students safe.  At 3:10 you will be able to pull up at the normal pick up spot by the old gym. 

We ask that you do not get to campus until 3:10.  Students will not be dismissed until this time.  I would suggest not lining up on the highway, it is a safety concern and the Sheriff's Department and State Police may make you move your vehicle. 

Also, as a reminder, in the morning, students cannot be dropped off until 7:30. 

We look forward to seeing you this week.  Again, these changes are for the safety of our students.


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