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School district announces flu vaccination plans

Clinics planned for H1N1 vaccinations as they become available

• By: Josh Kulla  
• Published: 10/29/2009 4:13:31 PM
• Last Updated: 10/30/2009 12:35:38 PM

Flu shots
The West Linn-Wilsonville School District has announced plans to hold flu shot clinics for students at a date to be announced.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended that children and young adults, ages 6 months through 24 years, be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu. To make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated, the West Linn-Wilsonville School District (WLWV SD) is partnering with the Clackamas County Public Health department to provide vaccination clinics at local schools.

The county health department has told district officials there will be sufficient vaccine available for anyone who is eligible to receive it. Because of the need to have adequate staff and vaccines available, the district is asking that parents take children to the school clinic offered for the attendance areas designated by the district: 
<br /> Boones Ferry Primary School – students enrolled at Boones Ferry Primary and Inza Wood Middle schools.
West Linn High School – students enrolled at Bolton Primary, Cedaroak Park Primary and West Linn High schools.
Boeckman Creek Primary School – students enrolled at Boeckman Creek Primary, Wilsonville High and Art Tech High schools.
Rosemont Ridge Middle School – students enrolled at Willamette Primary, Sunset Primary and Rosemont Ridge Middle schools.
Stafford Primary School – students enrolled at Stafford Primary and Athey Creek Middle schools. 

Clinic dates will be announced when the school district is notified by the County Health Department that vaccines are available. More news on this is expected in the near future, according to school newsletters and e-mail alerts. District officials are hopeful clinics will be held within the next month. If you are able to get the vaccine through your health care provider at an earlier time, district officials are urging people to do so.
 
WLWV Vaccine Clinic Information
1. Vaccination is voluntary. They are not a school requirement.
2. The vaccine is free.
3. Children under the age of 10 years will need two doses of H1N1 vaccine spaced at least 28 days apart. The district will be scheduling clinics for the second dose as well.
4. We need parent volunteers for the clinics. 
 
Vaccine Eligibility and Shot Versus Nasal Spray Information
Your child will not able to receive the vaccine in any form if he or she is severely allergic to eggs or has had an allergic reaction or other serious reaction to previous vaccines; Has a fever or moderate to severe illness at the time of the clinic or has ever been diagnosed with Guillian-Barre Syndrome, a type of temporary severe muscle weakness.
Your child will receive the flu shot in the upper arm if he or she has had a flu nasal spray, MMR, or Varicella vaccine within the past 28 days; Has a weakened immune system or has close contact with a person with a weakened immune system; Has along term health problem such as asthma, diabetes, or disease of the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, nerves or blood; Is pregnant of is on aspirin therapy.
Your child will receive the flu nasal spray if he or she is healthy and between the ages of 2 and 18.
 
School contact information:
Wilsonville High School – www.wvhs.wlwv.k12.or.us, 503-673-7600.
Art Tech High School / Town Center School – http://blogs.tcs.wlwv.k12.or.us/school, 503-673-7375.
Boeckman Creek Primary – www.bcps.wlwv.k12.or.us, 503-673-7750.
Boones Ferry Primary – www.bfps.wlwv.k12.or.us, 503-673-7300.
Wood Middle School – www.iwms.wlwv.k12.or.us, 503-673-7500.

Further information:
Center for Disease Control
H1N1 influenza Web site:  www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
Separate site for parents:  www.cdc.gov/h1n1/parents  

Clackamas County Public Health
H1N1 Information line - 503-722-2777.
Call for any H1N1 information, including H1N1 community vaccination clinics. This line is available from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Web: www.clackamas.us/swineflu/  

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