Swine Flu....... No Worries Here

Swine Flu has become the phrase that makes many freeze with fear when they hear it.  Me, well it makes me smile.  I know this is a serious epidemic but I can't help but laugh at the name.  Swine flu?  Really?  You couldn't come up with a better name?  However, practical and accurate the name is, they still could have come up with another one. 

Laughing aside, the swine flu is a serious matter.  States are doing their best to insure the safety of all its residents.  I appreciate the efforts set forth by the school district in Texas.  Ensuring the safety of our children is the number one priority.  I commend that school district for closing school even though they are in the middle of state testing.  It was the right decision.  If that were my school I would do the same thing.  If I had several confirmed cases of the swine flu in my school district, my first thought would be containment.  And you cannot contain if students are having constant contact with each other, possible spreading the epidemic even further.  I am not sure what they will do about the testing. They will probably have to take it at a later time this month or even sometime in the summer.  I am also not sure what the state protocol is for state testing during a state of emergency - and that is what it is and emergency.  It will be interesting to see what the state and school district decide.  Until then, I believe they made the right decision.  Is a state test worth the lives of thousands of students and employees?  NO.  This school district got it right.  It may seem premature but with the threat of an epidemic running through your district you can never be too cautious, especially with children in your care.