DC students who are 12 and older must be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend school this upcoming academic year.
DC Schools covid vaccine mandate rare among national school systems
If the city does not close this gap but does strictly enforce the vaccine mandate this fall, students of color — who experienced disproportionately large academic setbacks during the pandemic — could be at home in significant numbers next academic year.
“Our goal is that no child should miss a single day of school,” Asad Bandealy,