Parents of rising seventh-graders and twelfth-graders in Guilford County will have multiple chances in September to get the state-required immunizations at walk-in clinics hosted at high schools in Greensboro and High Point.
North Carolina requires students entering seventh grade to have a Tdap shot (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) and a meningococcal conjugate vaccine. Students entering twelfth grade must have a booster dose of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine before the start of the senior year.
State law also sets a compliance timeline: Families have 30 calendar days from a student’s first day of attendance to provide proof of required immunizations or an approved exemption…