DoD schools begin tracking swine flu cases

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DoD schools begin tracking swine flu cases
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Oct 25, 2009 21:14:47 EDT

Defense Department school officials have started tracking H1N1 cases while also making plans to continue children’s education if schools must close because of an influenza pandemic.

Officials planned to issue a data call to schools this month, asking them to start weekly reporting of the number of confirmed cases of H1N1, said Elaine Kanellis, a spokeswoman for the Department of Defense Education Activity.

School officials had been tracking cases of all types of reported flu, Kanellis said, but stopped because most were self-reported and had not been confirmed, and the information was not useful to officials.

Meanwhile, superintendents must submit their schools’ continuing education plans to DoDEA by the end of October.

“We ask that teachers develop a plan of what they would do if school closes,” said Marc Mossburg, chief of curriculum for DoDEA, during an Oct. 14 meeting of the Advisory Council on Dependents’ Education.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/army_swine_flu_102609w/



unhappycamper comment: Evidently the DoD didn't get the swine flu memo earlier this year. As usual, these guys are a day too late and many dollars too short.