No Plan for H1n1 School Alerts What Manitoba Health Is Saying About Identifying Schools Affected by H1n1

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"We've made it very clear to parents that they have to have a child care plan if we have to send (students) home," said Louis Riel superintendent Terry Borys. "We will ask students to leave -- we will be requiring parents to pick up students who are ill."

"We are making hand sanitizers available to schools as they need it," placing them in every classroom, [Lawrence Lussier] said. "Our kindergarten classrooms all have bathroom facilities and sinks" and all labs have sinks and water.

"We have quite an extensive substitute list," Lussier said. "We don't plan to use unqualified people in a teaching role."

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No Plan for H1n1 School Alerts What Manitoba Health Is Saying About Identifying Schools Affected by H1n1

Parents won't be told of cases, absenteeism

There'll be hand sanitizers in classrooms, but parents won't know if there's a confirmed case of H1N1 in their child's school or an unusual absentee rate.

And a number of school divisions and health officials say there'll be no public identificatio...

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