The Syracuse City School District announced its plans to set up H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics for students at a Board of Education meeting Wednesday. The clinics will be held from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the district’s high schools when the vaccination becomes available around the first or second week of November, Superintendent Daniel G. Lowengard (right) said.
The district will provide transportation and security as well as permission slips for parents to sign ahead of time, Lowengard said. However, he does not expect there to be enough vaccinations for all students.
“If we say that actually all kids don’t have to have the vaccine then this is a good plan,” Lowengard said.
“As we report that the incidents aren’t that great, parents will say then 'why should we worry?' The danger with that is once the incidents are great, it’s too late to get the vaccine.”
One parent is concerned many students will not get the vaccine and thus become infected with swine flu, which would be detrimental to the education of their classmates.
“If only half the kids get it, and then half the kids are sick, part of your schooling is your interaction with your fellow classmates, so you only have half your class participating,” said Lt. Col. Bryan Ratliff, father of a first grade student at John T. Roberts School.
“There’s an impact on education there too, where kids aren’t in a comfortable environment because their friends are all sick.”
The district will provide transportation and security as well as permission slips for parents to sign ahead of time, Lowengard said. However, he does not expect there to be enough vaccinations for all students.
“If we say that actually all kids don’t have to have the vaccine then this is a good plan,” Lowengard said.
“As we report that the incidents aren’t that great, parents will say then 'why should we worry?' The danger with that is once the incidents are great, it’s too late to get the vaccine.”
One parent is concerned many students will not get the vaccine and thus become infected with swine flu, which would be detrimental to the education of their classmates.
“If only half the kids get it, and then half the kids are sick, part of your schooling is your interaction with your fellow classmates, so you only have half your class participating,” said Lt. Col. Bryan Ratliff, father of a first grade student at John T. Roberts School.
“There’s an impact on education there too, where kids aren’t in a comfortable environment because their friends are all sick.”
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