Get Ready...Flu is on it's way.

[JMc]

My superintendent closed our school district for the remainder of the week. We had 22% of our student body out with the flu or flu like symptons. No confirmed cases of H1N1. I have never closed a school in 27 years but this was wierd. In Texas we get ADA (average daily attendance) money...it's about $90 per kid per day...so when you lose around 200 kiddos a day, you lose money; therefore, the closure. We can apply for a waiver due to the illness and not be penalized by the state as long as we make the days up. Unfortunately, the principals have to work 1/2 days. Point is: GET A FLU SHOT...regular that is...make your own mind up about the H1N1 vaccine, but I'll pass on that one.

 

[kiotehntr]

While the flu shot may work for some I will never get one again. As a rule I don't get sick, maybe a sniffle and a slight runny nose for a day or two but that's about the extent of it. A few years back work gave them to us for free so I decided why not, the governent was saying it was supposed to be a bad year for the flu so I took the shot, never again. I have never been more sick in my life. I got sick multiple times that season and will never do it again. Sorry just my 2 cents....