article_snippet.sent: District spokesman Kevin Morrison said complete documentation is important to protecting students so that if there was an outbreak at school staff would know which students to send home.
article_snippet.sent: The Spokane district has about 30,000 students, and only about 729 students lack the required documentation.
article_snippet.sent: After the spread of measles, The Spokane district officials discovered about six percent of Spokane district officials students lacked proper vaccination documentation.
article_snippet.sent: In February Spokane district officials launched a program to inform parents that Spokane district officials children needed vaccinations or waivers.
article_snippet.sent: The school district and the Spokane Regional Health District also held a series of vaccination clinics.
article_snippet.sent: The process of ensuring students are vaccinated is complicated because 60 different languages are spoken by students in the Spokane district, and about 30 percent of the students leave the students school each year.
article_snippet.sent: Tracking vaccinations is especially difficult for students who come from out-of-state or other countries.