All California students and school staff will soon be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced his state's first-in-the-nation mandate to all students in kindergarten through 12th grade in public, charter and private schools, and all school employees.

This would go into effect in the first semester following the Federal Drug Administration's full approval of the COVID vaccine for each age group.

At Monday's Ripon Unified school board meeting, Superintendent Ziggy Robeson delivered a broad statement on this matter.

"We'll let you know as soon as we know," she said of the new vaccine mandate that also requires masking requirements.'

Robeson and her staff are asking families to be patient.

"We don't know all the details," she added.

Because the mandate comes from the governor and not the Legislature, there could be exemptions for medical, religious or even personal reasons.

Robeson indicated that there's no written document as of yet.

"There'll be more to come," she said.

As of Tuesday, 65.8 percent of the targeted residents in the City of Ripon have been fully vaccinated with another 7.5 percent partially vaccinated.