Northside ISD is making an unprecedented push to vaccinate its students against the H1N1 virus. Volunteers are going to begin giving out free immunizations to students during school hours.
School officials say the no-cost vaccines aren't mandatory, but they'd like to have a year without swine flu-related absences in school. The district has about 20,000 middle school students, so they'll start with those students first.
But the district is concerned not all parents will get the message.
To vaccinate all students properly properly, the students will need signed permission slips, and those slips will be coming home with students immediately after the Thanksgiving holiday.
