D.C. leaders are urging families to make sure their kids are caught up on back-to-school vaccines, or they’ll risk missing class until they are.

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About 85% of students across the city are in compliance with the requirements, according to D.C. Health Director Ayanna Bennett. But those who aren’t will be “temporarily excluded” from school starting Dec. 8, which is the scheduled deadline.

The step is particularly critical for students in Pre-K3, kindergarten, seventh and 11th grades, Bennett said. Those are ages at which kids are due for booster shots.

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