Our district staff is continuing to monitor the situation this weekend; if there's anything new to report, we'll update all of you as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, give me a call.
Jack Brandais
Media Relations
San Diego Unified School District
(619) 725-5570 (desk)
(619) 607-0477 (cell)
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Message to all staff from Superintendent Terry Grier
This is Superintendent Terry Grier with an important message to all staff about actions taken by the district today concerning the swine flu virus.
As you may have already heard, at the recommendation of the San Diego County Department of Health, the district today closed Kearny High and SCPA due to each school having one identified probable student with swine flu virus, now known as the H1N1 Influenza virus. These two schools will be closed to students for 14 days and will reopen on Monday, May 18.
According to the guidelines of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the San Diego County Department of Health, it is safe for our employees to continue working in these facilities during the closure to students. To provide an additional level of safety, we are directing employees at these two schools not to return to the school site for work until Wednesday, May 6. On Monday and Tuesday custodial staff will clean the schools and prepare them for employees to return to work on Wednesday.
We are in daily contact with the County Health Department and we will continue to follow the guidelines provided by CDC and we will continue to implement their recommendations in the days and weeks ahead.
We urge any of our staff who are sick to stay home from work and if you have symptoms common to this virus please contact your doctor. If you have questions about the flu, please contact the San Diego County Swine Flu Hotline at (858) 715-2250 or call your personal physician. Information is also posted on the district website at www.sandi.net.
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Message to all parents from Superintendent Terry Grier
This is Superintendent Terry Grier with an important message to all school parents about the H1N1 Influenza A virus (also known as swine flu).
As you may have already heard, at the recommendation of the San Diego County Department of Health following the guidelines of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the district today closed Kearny High School and the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts due to each school having one identified probable student with swine flu virus, now known as H1N1 influenza virus. These two schools will be closed to students for 14 days and will reopen on Monday, May 18.
At this time, all other district schools, including year round schools, will be open for students on Monday May 4th.
We are in daily contact with the County Health Department and we will continue to follow their recommendations and the guidelines provided by CDC regarding the need for any additional school closures in the days and weeks ahead.
If your child is sick with a fever of more than 100 degrees with a cough and/or sore throat or other respiratory symptoms such as runny nose or nasal congestion, please do not send him or her to school. Please contact your school immediately and let them know your child is sick. Children and staff members who become sick at school will be sent home. Frequent hand-washing and covering a cough or sneeze are the best protection from the flu and the best defense against the spread of germs, both at school and at home.
If you have questions about the flu, please contact the San Diego County Swine Flu Hotline at (858) 715-2250 or call your personal physician. Information is also posted on the district website at www.sandi.net.
Thank you for your attention.
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