The Queensland Education Department (QED) has confirmed that Glenwood State School is making arrangements to ensure the continuity of learning for its students after reports that the majority of its teachers have taken leave from their jobs ahead of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. It is alleged that four teachers in a school of only five full-time teachers, suddenly went on leave with only one week before the end of the term for the year. “All staff will need to comply with the public health order unless they have a valid medical exemption,” a QED spokesperson said in a statement. “Staff absent from work must have a valid reason and provide appropriate evidence to support their absence, as is normal practice.” This comes ahead of the Queensland government’s mandated requirement that all staff at any public or private school in the state receive their first vaccine dose by Dec. 17, and have …