I am not anti-vax, I have the COVID shot myself.  But a mandate such as proposed is so wrong on multiple fronts.  Scientifically, we have no idea what these shots do to the human immune system in the long term--certainly not to that of young children in the bloom of development.  We do know that children and young adults are in little danger from COVID--so why force this on someone like that--when in addition, it's becoming patently clear the shots are no guarantee of protection from contracting the virus in the first place.  Philosophically, to force a novel treatment on any human being is morally wrong.  Any teacher worried about contracting or transmitting COVID, sure get the shot--I did--but there is ZERO compelling rationale for putting children in potential long-term risk, and trampling individuals' rights over their own bodies--without even offering an exemption.