One back to school concern unique to this school year is the H1N1 virus. On 8/25/2009, state Health Department leaders held a meeting in Raleigh to discuss the virus' effect on our kids and schools. The state health director Dr. Jeffrey Engel estimated between 30,000 and 50,000 people in North Carolina have already had the H1N1 flu.

Engel said the school year poses specific challenges, with students spending lots of time together in close quarters. He said school officials, families and students need to make sure that people are covering their mouths and noses when sneezing, washing hands and keeping kids home if they're sick.

So local doctor Larry Givner, Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at Brenner's Children's Hospital says parents may want to plan ahead. "Parents may want to go ahead and start to think about what kind of childcare things they can arrange if their child does get sick, who will care for the child at home, and it may be several days that the child will need to be home."One back to school concern unique to this school year is the H1N1 virus. Today, state Health Department leaders held a meeting in Raleigh to discuss the virus' effect on our kids and schools. The state health director Dr. Jeffrey Engel estimated between 30,000 and 50,000 people in North Carolina have already had the H1N1 flu.

Engel said the school year poses specific challenges, with students spending lots of time together in close quarters. He said school officials, families and students need to make sure that people are covering their mouths and noses when sneezing, washing hands and keeping kids home if they're sick.

So local doctor Larry Givner, Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at Brenner's Children's Hospital says parents may want to plan ahead. "Parents may want to go ahead and start to think about what kind of childcare things they can arrange if their child does get sick, who will care for the child at home, and it may be several days that the child will need to be home."

SeekingSitters of Raleigh is an option for parents that need last minute childcare. As parents struggle with the impact of potential school closings due to a H1N1 outbreak in an already stressful environment a simple call to SeekingSitters can eliminate the worries of needing a contingency plan. SeekingSitters is an on demand Babysitting referral service that provides Safe, Reliable Certified Babysitters that are background screened CPR and first aid certified and has extensive experience.

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