ROCKFORD — The Winnebago County Health Department is scheduled to begin vaccinating Rockford School District students against the H1N1 flu virus at four elementary schools Tuesday morning.
The department expects to vaccinate a total of 12,369 students, just over 42 percent of the district’s approximately 29,400 students, in seven days of shot clinics that will conclude Wednesday, Dec. 9, at Guilford and Jefferson high schools. Teachers and other staff who come in contact with the students also will be able to be vaccinated.
“The average number of student vaccinations per day will be 1,550,” Health Department Community Relations Manager Sue Fuller said, “and the most we will do on one day is about 2,600.
“It’s an aggressive schedule. We want to get everybody completed before the Christmas holiday break, at least the first round. When we’re finished with Rockford, we move on to the Harlem district.”
Fuller said the department already has vaccinated about 10,000 children in parochial schools and the county’s public school districts outside Rockford. She said the department received between 7,000 and 8,000 doses of vaccine Wednesday.
Second dose shots for children 10 and under will be scheduled in January, she said.
Mark Bonne, chief communications officer for the Rockford district, said parents will be able to be at their child’s school during the vaccinations.
He also said the district does not intend to turn away any child who has turned in a signed permission slip before the Health Department team arrives at their school, even though the deadline for turning in permission slips was two weeks ago.
Fuller also said individuals not served through the schools still may call the Health Department at 815-720-4006 or 815-720-4007 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays to schedule appointments.
She said anyone who needs a permission slip to have their child vaccinated at their school may download one at wchd.org.
Staff writer Mike DeDoncker can be reached at 815-987-1382 or mdedoncker@rrstar.com.
Schedule
Tuesday
Morning — Carlson Elementary, 4015 Pepper Drive; Johnson Elementary, 3805 Rural St.; Lewis Lemon Elementary, 1993 Mulberry St.; and Haskell Elementary, 515 Maple St.
Afternoon — Bloom Elementary, 2912 Brendenwood Road; Rolling Green Elementary, 3615 Westgate Parkway; and Beyer Elementary, 333 15th Ave.
Wednesday
Morning — Ellis Arts Academy, 222 S. Central Ave.; King Elementary, 1306 S. Court St.; Stiles Elementary, 315 LaClede Ave.; Conklin Elementary, 3003 Halsted Road; Summerdale Elementary, 3320 Glenwood Ave.; and Welsh Elementary, 2100 Huffman Blvd.
Afternoon — Dennis Elementary, 730 Lincoln Park Blvd.; Page Park School, 5949 Safford Road; Wilson ASPIRE, 520 N. Pierpont Ave.; McIntosh Elementary, 525 N. Pierpont Ave.; West View Elementary, 1720 Halsted Road; West Middle School, 1900 N. Rockton Ave.; and Roosevelt Center, 978 Haskell Ave.
Thursday
Morning — Walker Elementary, 1520 Post Ave.; Fairview Center, 512 Fairview Ave.; and Montessori, 4704 N. Rockton Ave.
Afternoon — Washington Gifted School, 1421 West St.; Fairview Center, 512 Fairview Ave.; and Kennedy Middle School, 4664 N. Rockton Ave.
Friday
Morning — Jackson Elementary, 315 Summit St.; Kishwaukee Elementary, 526 Catlin St.; Froberg Elementary, 4555 20th St.; Brookview Elementary, 1750 Madron Road; and Barbour Elementary, 1506 Clover Ave.
Afternoon — Nelson Elementary, 623 15th St.; Riverdahl Elementary, 3520 Kishwaukee St.; Nashold Elementary, 3303 20th St.; Spring Creek Elementary, 5222 Spring Creek Road; and Lathrop Elementary, 2603 Clover Ave.
Monday, Dec. 7
Morning — White Swan Elementary, 7550 Mill Road; Gregory Elementary, 4820 Carol Court; Hillman Elementary, 3701 Green Dale Drive; and Whitehead Elementary, 2325 Ohio Parkway.
Afternoon — Cherry Valley Elementary, 619 E. State St., Cherry Valley; Thompson Elementary, 4949 Marion Ave.; New Milford Elementary, 2128 New Milford Road; and Flinn Middle School, 2525 Ohio Parkway.
Tuesday, Dec. 8
Morning — Marsh Elementary, 2021 Hawthorne Drive; RESA, 1800 Ogilby Road; Lincoln Middle School, 1500 Charles St.; and Auburn freshmen, 520 N. Pierpont Ave.
Afternoon — Eisenhower Middle School, 3525 Spring Creek Road; ACE, 3051 Rotary Road; East High School, 2929 Charles St.; and Auburn High School, 5110 Auburn St.
Wednesday, Dec. 9
Morning — Guilford High School, 5620 Spring Creek Road; and Jefferson High School, 4145 Samuelson Road.
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