MIAMI – The fallout from the COVID-19 vaccine controversy at Miami’s Centner Academy continued Thursday, with the private school scheduling two meetings with parents and a state senator pushing to protect faculty who want to get a shot.

It comes after a fifth-grade student emailed her mother Wednesday morning saying her math and science teacher “is telling us to stay away from you guys and not hug you guys more than 5 seconds. She is also saying that we should not get the COVID vaccine.”

The school made international headlines earlier in the week after it came out that co-founder and CEO Leila Centner threatened the jobs of teachers and staff if they got vaccines.

Some parents were so distraught they went to school to remove their child Wednesday. Centner sent a note to parents apologizing for the situation, writing: “One teacher offered specific advice to students regarding the COVID-19 injection. We are appalled at this. It was against our policy and the teacher has recognized and acknowledged her mistake.”

Centner has expressed her anti-vaccine position on her social media.

And then in a letter to teachers, the school stated:

“If you make the decision to take this experimental drug after April 22, you will not be allowed to return to work at Centner Academy.”

Some parents have spoken in support of Centner and the school’s view on vaccines.

“There are some cases being reported of unvaccinated women being impacted and having miscarriages by being around vaccinated women,” Centner said. “Now I know all of this sounds crazy…”

Infectious disease experts have blasted her views as unfounded and “completely irresponsible” — and a lawmaker is now trying to get involved.

“It’s bizarre, and if it was just bizarre that would be OK,” said State Sen. Jason Pizzo, D-District 38. “But it’s actually quite dangerous and it goes against the well-accepted science.”

Pizzo represents northeast Miami-Dade County and he’s introducing a measure to protect those who want to protect themselves with a vaccine.

“I’ll be filing an amendment today that actually addresses this,” Pizzo said. “It actually precludes businesses, government agencies and educational institutions from forbidding people to get vaccines.”

Centner Academy has campuses in Miami’s Design District and Edgewater. Some parents have said they feel “stuck” because they’ve already paid tuition in full for their students, at around $25,000 a year.

Some parents who have pulled their children from the school had to sign non-disclosure agreements, promising not to speak about Centner, Local 10 learned Wednesday.