Democrat Paul Dorney I support mandatory vaccination for employees for the safety of our children. The SCOTUS ruling (1905) affirming mandatory vaccinations Justice Marshall clarified, “A person's right to a healthy life is greater than another person's right to a specific job.” This is necessary to keep our schools open, families safe and children healthy. The remote instructional model did not work for many students. We need to keep our schools open so our children can benefit from in person instruction and hands-on learning. PADOH requires many vaccines; I would not require students to be immunized until it becomes a requirement. It is a parental decision.

Democrat Rebecca A. Glenister My position continues to be to follow the advice of local and national medical experts. If approved by the FDA, representing the consensus of national health experts, I see no reason not to add this vaccine to the list of 18 already-required vaccines for the health and safety of both students and staff.

Democrat/ Republican Christopher Freas Student vaccine decisions are made by the PA Department of Health. Additionally, the DOH does not require immunization records for teacher employment. Since these decisions are out of the school director's hands, I will use this space to let the readers know how I will approach decision making at Salisbury. I will take a student first attitude, while remaining transparent and accountable to our community. Specifically, we'll need to decide how to properly allocate Cares money for our aging facilities and retain our valuable teachers. These decisions will have a lasting impact on the learning environment for years to come.

Democrat/ Republican Laura McKelvey Vaccine requirements for students are determined by the state department of health and outside of the district's control. I think the district should follow the law. Given the controversial nature of the vaccine and the imminent approval of the vaccine for children, I believe a district imposed vaccine requirement for staff would be a mistake. The district currently does not require any vaccines as a condition of employment and implementing one now would create additional barriers to hiring and retaining staff and would be an overreach of the district into the private lives of their employees.

Republican Joseph D. Gnall Choosing whether to vaccinate or not is obviously a very polarized topic. While I do believe that vaccinations are one of the best tools we can use to stem the spread of COVID-19, I do not believe it is the place of the school district to make vaccinations for students or teachers compulsory. If that decision were to be made, it should be by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the health care professionals within it. I would support any decision regarding vaccines that is based on scientific evidence from the appropriate health care professionals.