Got a reason to worry?

Due to the common seasonal flu, all the schools were closed down for the week. At first, only the Lelu School recommended a shutdown, but only for two days. However, the Department of Health Services finally acted on the issue and asked all the schools to do the same for the whole week. The decision to shut down the Lelu School was of course the many absences for the previous week. However, during the discussion about the issue, none of the staff talked about the incubation periood of the virus or the preventive measures that each school, staff or parents could do. Furthermore, it appears that none of our school principals have prepared in advance the proper procedural guidlines that should be taken in the event of such outbreak. Well, now that the "break" is almost over, we really should think about the more serious threat that is approaching our region, "the swine flu" (H1N1). The issue here is whether we are prepared to fight off this threat. I believe that we should start planning a guideline for our school system in case such outbreak should occur.