Students need backpacks and vaccines

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – It’s that time of the year again.

Thousands of students will be heading back to school in a few weeks (some are back already!) and parents should make sure that, in addition to having backpacks and notebooks, their kids are fully vaccinated.

Currently, in order to attend school, California law requires children to receive certain immunizations. This requirement is for students who attend private and public schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and the County Health and Human Services Agency is once again reminding pare...