Schools

NEW: School Based Vaccination Clinic Information

Visit this page for clinic schedules, resources for schools and other information about the school based vaccine clinics.


Because influenza is easily spread from person to person, schools need continuing access to the best guidance, strategies, practices, and tools that may help delay or prevent the spread of disease.

The Department of Health works closely with the Department of Education, and directly with schools to help safeguard the health of Vermont’s children, and the health of school staff and faculty.

It is important that children and adults who show symptoms of flu like illness stay home from school. Not only so that they may get better, but also to avoid passing any virus on to others.

H1N1 Flu Guidance and Information

Flu.gov maintains updated guidance for schools as well as school planning resources.

Updated federal guidelines offer state and local public health and school officials a range of options for responding to 2009 H1N1 influenza in schools. The guidance says officials should balance the risk of flu in their communities with the disruption that school dismissals will cause in education and the wider community.

Schools K-12

CDC Guidance

Vermont Guidance

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Higher Education

CDC Guidance

Parents & Caregivers

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Planning & Action Resources

Planning & Checklists

These checklists detail the steps that schools and child care providers can take to plan for and respond to pandemic flu.

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Posters

handwashing poster iconProper Handwashing - Wash your hands often and well. All purpose poster; 8.5 x 11, 348 KB

 



Achoo! Flu prevention poster image Achoo! - poster for schools, daycares, etc. on good health manners and respiratory etiquette; 8.5 x 11, 249 KB

 



Don't share flu poster image Don't Share - poster for offices and other public places on preventing germs from spreading; 8.5 x 11, 236 KB

 

 

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More Resources for Schools

Flu.gov - School Planning
U.S. Government flu information and materials.

The U.S. Departments of Education and Agriculture provide tools to assist schools with disseminating health information, and planning for staff and student absences:

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