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By Meghan Kalkstein
TIGARD, Ore. -
KATU has learned of another confirmed case of the H1N1 virus at a local school.
The parent of a sick Tigard student said he let an official at Fowler Middle School know of his daughter's diagnosis Friday, but most parents were left in the dark until Saturday night.
No one was available for comment at Fowler Middle School Saturday. However the superintendent of the district initially said Saturday that he didn't know anything about this confirmed case.
After KATU's initial call, the superintendent said that he had looked into it and that the district is activating its phone message system to alert parents.
About this H1N1 case
Alexa Kelly is a strong-willed seventh grader. Her dad Daniel said when she couldn't shake what seemed like a cold, they took her back to the doctor.
"Sure enough," Daniel Kelly said, "he said 'Well, she's got it.'"
Lexi was diagnosed with H1N1, or swine flu, on Friday. However, Kelly said they pulled her out of Fowler Middle School on Wednesday.
"From what we're hearing it's the first reported case," Kelly said. For Lexi, the symptoms are "just a bad flu."
Still he worries she could have spread it not only to fellow students but to her softball team, which Kelly also coaches.
"According to the doctor, when he backed up his time line, she probably caught it at school on Monday and then we had an A.S.A. practice Monday night," Kelly said. "That's when she could have gotten in contact with the rest of the girls on the team."
As soon as Kelly knew he emailed player's parents. He said he also alerted the school on Friday afternoon.
KATU on your side
But as of Saturday afternoon, parents told KATU that school officials had not notified them.
"It's really scary," said one parent. "I wish we would have known, or that a note would have gone out or something."
KATU called the superintendent of the Tigard-Tualatin School District to ask what its plan was. The superintendent said they would work with health officials, but later called to say they activated the phone messaging system Saturday night. According to reports received by KATU, the phone tree actually was administered on Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, North Gresham Elementary reported its first confirmed case of H1N1 Thursday.
http://www.katu.com/news/local/59905657.html
TIGARD, Ore. -
KATU has learned of another confirmed case of the H1N1 virus at a local school.
The parent of a sick Tigard student said he let an official at Fowler Middle School know of his daughter's diagnosis Friday, but most parents were left in the dark until Saturday night.
No one was available for comment at Fowler Middle School Saturday. However the superintendent of the district initially said Saturday that he didn't know anything about this confirmed case.
After KATU's initial call, the superintendent said that he had looked into it and that the district is activating its phone message system to alert parents.
About this H1N1 case
Alexa Kelly is a strong-willed seventh grader. Her dad Daniel said when she couldn't shake what seemed like a cold, they took her back to the doctor.
"Sure enough," Daniel Kelly said, "he said 'Well, she's got it.'"
Lexi was diagnosed with H1N1, or swine flu, on Friday. However, Kelly said they pulled her out of Fowler Middle School on Wednesday.
"From what we're hearing it's the first reported case," Kelly said. For Lexi, the symptoms are "just a bad flu."
Still he worries she could have spread it not only to fellow students but to her softball team, which Kelly also coaches.
"According to the doctor, when he backed up his time line, she probably caught it at school on Monday and then we had an A.S.A. practice Monday night," Kelly said. "That's when she could have gotten in contact with the rest of the girls on the team."
As soon as Kelly knew he emailed player's parents. He said he also alerted the school on Friday afternoon.
KATU on your side
But as of Saturday afternoon, parents told KATU that school officials had not notified them.
"It's really scary," said one parent. "I wish we would have known, or that a note would have gone out or something."
KATU called the superintendent of the Tigard-Tualatin School District to ask what its plan was. The superintendent said they would work with health officials, but later called to say they activated the phone messaging system Saturday night. According to reports received by KATU, the phone tree actually was administered on Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, North Gresham Elementary reported its first confirmed case of H1N1 Thursday.
http://www.katu.com/news/local/59905657.html
