NISD announces schedule for H1N1 vaccines for Dec. 7-16
Northside ISD continues to vaccinate students against the H1N1 flu. Only those students whose parents provide permission will be vaccinated and only registered Northside students will be eligible. The vaccine is provided to qualified students at no cost. NISD has received assurances from the Metro Health Department that sufficient vaccine will be on hand, but parents should remain flexible should it not be available.
NISD began with secondary students. Scheduling elementary students presented a challenge as most elementary-age students (under the age of 10) will need to be given two doses of the vaccine approximately four weeks apart, a process that could not be completed before the Winter Break.
Parents will receive a letter and permission slip to sign if they want their child to be vaccinated. Parents may call their school to find out the specific time that their child will be scheduled if they are planning to be there. Permission slips MUST be returned to the school according to the schedule below.
If the children miss the scheduled vaccination date at the school because of a missing permission slip or are absent, parents will need to make arrangements with their own family physician or attend a public vaccination clinic. Students will not be rescheduled.
According to Shirley Schreiber, Director of Health Services, it is important for children to get vaccinated. “In our efforts to ensure student safety and in order to have a smooth process, the following guidelines will be in place,” she says.
- Children with severe asthma WILL NOT be vaccinated unless NISD is provided written permission from the child’s physician.
- Children who are reluctant to be vaccinated (i.e., crying, kicking, screaming) WILL NOT be restrained, and thus will not receive the immunization.
- Children who are absent on the day that the vaccinations are provided WILL NOT be given an alternate date or location for vaccination.
- ONLY children registered as NISD students at the particular location will be vaccinated.
- Children without completed and signed permission slips WILL NOT be vaccinated.
The vaccination schedule will resume after the Winter Break on January 7. That schedule will be posted in December.
Schedules will be published a week prior to vaccinations. The school-based vaccinations could take up to three months to complete all schools. NISD has 91,578 students in 104 schools. Not all students will receive the vaccination. Parents who wish to get their children vaccinated sooner than NISD can schedule should check with their own family physician or check with Metro Health for public vaccination clinics.
For more information and updated schedules, continue
to monitor our H1N1 information web site or by calling the District's Information Line at 397-INFO.
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