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A vaccination controversy in the Miller Place School District has exposed a potential problem in the rules governing what vaccinations children need to be given.

As <strong>News 12</strong> has reported, Miller Place School District told Jamie McNicholas that her 8-year-old daughter Ceili needs a so-called T-DAPP booster shot or she will not be allowed back to Laddie A. Decker Sound Beach School. McNicholas refused, saying that neither brand of the booster vaccine currently available is FDA-approved for children as young as Ceili.

According to the FDA, Boostrix is for children 10 and up. Adacel is for kids 11 and older.

Ceili's own doctor said in a Facebook post that she is uncomfortable giving the vaccine to kids younger than the minimum age set by the FDA and the manufacturer.

To make things more confusing for parents, both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control insist the vaccine is OK for kids as young as 7, contradicting what the FDA says.

News 12 was informed from two other parents, one in the William Floyd School District and the other in the Shoreham Wading River School District, who are facing similar circumstances. Both parents say they are being told the kids, ages 7 1/2 and 8, have to get the booster or won't be allowed back in school.

According to Miller Place School District Superintendent Dr. Marianne Higuera, multiple letters were sent to parents as early as June about the vaccination.

"As required by New York state, the Miller Place School District is implementing this policy consistently throughout the entire district," said Miguera.

A vaccination controversy in the Miller Place School District has exposed a potential problem in the rules governing what vaccinations children need to be given.    As News 12 has reported, Miller Place

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And things are a little bit improved out there. We do have, uh, that steady rain finally becoming a little bit more scattered, a little bit lighter shower activity as we close off the day and move into the darker parts of the evening. So four or five o'clock, not as much activity out there, but there is still some mist. There's definitely a pretty steady east breeze all the way through midnight. So don't be surprised if there's like spritzes and drizzle until about midnight or so. Then the wind shifts west. It pushes all of that gross weather out for the Monday morning commute. You are dry, you're sunny and temperatures are in the forties. It's sunny until lunch on Monday and then we get into clouds again, but no rain this time, we still have that west wind. So it's a little too dry for rain. Temperatures are around the low fifties, which is pretty good. But then we start to get a north wind and by Tuesday we are in the thirties in the morning. That's about right for this time of the year, we're gonna continue to drop. Those temperatures are going to be a lot cooler by Wednesday and Thursday, Tuesday afternoon. We're only in the low to mid forties and we have some clouds. I think that's gonna be kind of the pattern for the whole work week. It looks like that. We have sunshine in the morning clouds in the afternoon, but there is no rain in the forecast after today. So we have still a pretty decent chance of passing a shower or two in the evening because a much lighter shower at this point, there's no heavy rain in the forecast for the rest of today and we're done with the rain for the whole entire work week. Let's talk about the work week. We're expecting 45 for a high on Tuesday, 42 Wednesday and even colder Thursday, 41. Now, if you remember last week, we were in the thirties for highs some days. So this is an improvement for sure, but it is still gonna be chilly. You'll still need the heavy winter jacket, especially in the morning. We move into the next weekend and then comes the fifties. We are not done yet with some of that milder weather.

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