Swine Flu Part II – The School Dilemma

The dilemma that is swine flu. Already the nursery, pre-school and kindergarten classes as well as those with special needs have been postponed as you saw from the previous post. The latest rumour passing around is that they will be postponed further. Continue reading… The government schools for the years mentioned are already starting after ramadhan and maybe even as late as November.  But already some private schools have started. Some pre-school, Kindergarten and nurseries were postponed untill the 13 of September while the other grades are postponed untill 6 of the September. There is alot of confusion going on as what one should do with the children right now. I think the people in the most confusing state are the parents of these kids who don’t know what to do with them.  Do they keep them at home, or is that over-protecting them? Education vs Health? All we can do for now is try to read about the symptoms and how to deal with them. To download the safety measures for parents of kids from grades KG-12, click here. And for the businesses and employers you can download the pdf file from here. The most important thing is that from the first symptom up to the first 48 hours you have to identify the problem and address it promptly.  If this is done and you have no major health problems, you should be alright.  Check out the picture below for the symptoms. This post will be updated as soon as we get more information, and your input will be appreciated.

UPDATE : according to different sources all schools will resume normal except pre-school, nursery, kindergarten and special needs. Those will recommence classes some time during the last week of November.

UPDATE 2 : New York City will offer free shots of the h1n1 (swine flu) vaccination to all its elementary school students. Read the full story here.  Lets hope we get the same privilege for our elementary children soon.

UPDATE 3 : Nurseries, pre-schools, kindergarten’s and special needs schools will be postponed until November 30, 2009 in Kuwait.

UPDATE 4 : 4th case of swine flu in a private school has been officially confirmed. Even though there are many more cases allegedly confirmed, but not officially.

According to Al-Qabas 9/9/9 edition : Highschools resume 27th of September. Middle School + 4th & 5th grade resume on the 4th of October. 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade resume on the 18th of October.