Students at a $30,000 a year private school in Miami will have to take a month off after receiving each dose of a COVID vaccine, as school officials fear they will infect unvaccinated students.
In a letter, the school's Chief Operating Officer, Bianca Erickson informed parents of students at the Centner Academy: 'Because of the potential impact on other students and our school community, vaccinated students will need to stay at home for 30 days post-vaccination for each dose and booster they receive.'
The students may return to school after the 30-day period, according to the letter, which was obtained by 7News, 'as long as the student is healthy and symptom-free.'
But Erickson recommended parents instead 'hold off until the summer,' to receive a COVID vaccine because 'there will be time for the potential transmission or shedding onto others to decrease.'
The Centers for Disease Control, however, insists that all three COVID-19 vaccinations approved by the Food and Drug Administration are safe, as they do not use live viruses and could therefore not make anyone sick with COVID.
The Centner Academy in Miami is making students who receive the COVID vaccine stay home for about a month after each dose
In a letter sent to parents, school officials said they were concerned about the affect of vaccinated students on non-vaccinated students
The Miami-based school previously faced controversy back in April, when co-founder Leila Centner wrote to staff that vaccinated employees would no longer be allowed to work directly with students.
Teachers at the school were told they could either physically distance from students if they had had the shot; tell the school if they plan to get the vaccine 'as we cannot allow recently vaccinated people to be near our students until more information is known'; or wait until the school year ends to get the vaccine.
In her letter, Leila wrote: 'Reports have surfaced recently of non-vaccinated people being negatively impacted by interacting with people who have been vaccinated.
'We cannot allow recently vaccinated people to be near our students until more information is known.
'It is our policy, to the extent possible, not to employ anyone who has taken the experimental COVID-19 injection until further information is known.'
Leila, who set up the school with her husband David Centner in 2019, also said their decision had been made with 'with a very heavy heart'. Staff were asked to fill out a form on their vaccine intentions, The New York Times reports.
She said those who receive the shot 'may be
