Attached please find information from the Seneca County Health Department regarding the H1N1 vaccination clinic. The clinic will be held at the school on Monday, November 23 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Because of the limited number of vaccinations available to the health department, this clinic is limited to students and staff of the school district.

Please be reminded of the following:

1. If you wish for your child to receive the vaccination, you must complete and sign the consent form labeled “Seneca County General Health District 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine”. No child will receive the vaccination without the parental consent form.

2. You are not required to have your child receive the vaccination. Please read the information provided by the health department in order to decide if you want your child to receive the vaccine.

3. We will administer the vaccinations in order from the youngest children to the oldest. Classes will be sent to the auditeria stage to receive the vaccinations. Health department employees will be administering the vaccinations.

4. Parents of younger children who wish to be present during the vaccinations may do so. Please check in at the front office and proceed to the stage. We do not have exact timelines for each class that may be receiving the vaccinations, so we cannot schedule a specific time when your child may be next.

5. Children under the age of 10 years old will need to receive a second vaccination four weeks later. We have not been told whether the second shots will be available at the school or not. We will notify you as soon as we are told about any follow-up clinics.

6. There is no cost to you for this vaccination.

7. All information being mailed is also available to you at the school’s website (www.senecaeast.net) and at the health department website (www.senecahealthdept.org) .

Because of the number of vaccinations that need to take place during the clinic, health department staff members will not be available for individual questions or meetings. If you have any questions, please contact the Seneca County Health Department at (419) 447-3691 prior to the clinic.

We understand the timeline for notifying you about the clinic is very short. The health department notified the district as soon as they were aware that they had enough vaccine to provide for all of our students. We appreciate your cooperation in working with such a short timeline.