COVID-19 vaccination status and ongoing rapid testing of staff as an important measure to protect youth under 12 who are not vaccinated returning to in-person learning this September.The policy comes as part of the province’s announcement last week from the Ministry of Education, which intends to implement a vaccination status disclosure policy for publicly funded school board employees come the fall.Hamilton Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) chair Dawn Danko says the step is one of many key “layers of protection” that will reduce the risk of the coronavirus spreading in city schools amid the fourth wave of the pandemic.