Updates

The latest information available will be posted here as it becomes available.

• Schedule for second dose of H1N1 vaccine announced

  February 1, 2010

  Northside ISD has announced the H1N1 vaccination schedule for elementary school students under the age of 10 who need to receive a second dose of the vaccine.

• Vaccination schedule for remaining schools announced

  January 8, 2010

  A letter is being sent to all parents of affected elementary schools and also is posted on the flu information web site.

• H1N1 vaccinations in elementary schools begin Jan. 7

  January 4, 2010

  The District will release a vaccination schedule for additional elementary schools as soon as more vaccine becomes available through the San Antonio Metro Health District.

• NISD announces schedule for H1N1 vaccines for Dec. 7-16

  December 9, 2009

  Northside ISD's free vaccinations against the H1N1 flu for qualified students will continue. Only those students whose parents provide permission will be vaccinated and only registered Northside students will be eligible.

• H1N1 vaccination update from Deputy Superintendent Brian Woods

  October 19, 2009

  San Antonio Metro Health is telling us now that there may not be sufficient quantities of the vaccine to run school-based shot clinics until November.

• HIN1 vaccination update from the Superintendent

  October 12, 2009

  We did think that we would begin vaccinations this week or next week, but we are now told the vaccine has not arrived in the state in terms of the quantity that is needed to begin the school vaccinations.

• Letter from Fernando Guerra, Director of the San Antonio Metro Health District

  September 18, 2009

  While we have seen that the Novel H1N1 virus has become wide spread across the globe, the severity of the illness for most cases has fortunately been mild.... Given this pattern of illness the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local health departments have shifted emphasis of activities from individual case finding to a focus on community-wide prevention strategies including preparations for vaccination.

• Volunteers needed to give flu shots

  September 16, 2009

  Northside ISD is seeking trained and licensed volunteers to administer flu shots to inoculate students against the H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu.

• Letter from the Superintendent

  August 31, 2009

  In Northside, we have worked with local public health agencies to plan for contingencies if the flu does become widespread in our community. In all of these plans, we have tried to balance health and safety requirements with the educational and social needs of our students and families.