Two San Diego Unified Schools Close Due To H1N1 Virus

Order Affects Kearny, School of Creative and Performing Arts

The Kearny High Educational Complex and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts will be closed for up to two weeks as a precaution after probable infections of the H1N1 virus were found in one student at each school.

The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency ordered the schools closed Friday, May 1. Under federal Centers for Disease Control guidelines, the scheduled reopening date for the schools is Monday, May 18. If it is found that the students do not have the virus, the schools will be reopened, Dr. Wilma Wooton, San Diego County Public Health Officer, said at a news conference on Friday, May 1. (Video from YouTube)

“We’re wishing these students a speedy recovery,” said Superintendent Terry Grier. “These precautions are being taken to protect the other students and staff at these schools.”
Parents/guardians at the schools have been notified by recorded telephone messages from Grier and their principal, and by e-mail. Issues with homework and missed class time will be resolved in the near future.

During the next 7 days, students and staff are asked to watch for symptoms of the flu including fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. If these symptoms surface, a physician should be consulted. In addition, health authorities are asking parents/guardians not to allow children to congregate in large groups.

Siblings who attend different schools may go to school as usual. However, symptoms develop, please keep them home.

New information, as it becomes available, will be posted on the district’s website, at www.sandi.net. Updated H1N1 virus information is on the county’s website at www.sdcounty.ca.gov, or, in San Diego County, by dialing 211.