H1N1 concerns lead 2 Vacaville schools to close
Two Vacaville schools were closed today amid concerns about the the H1N1 virus, which authorities said might have contributed to the death of a Vacaville first-grader Sunday.
Browns Valley Elementary School officials alerted parents that it will be closed today and Monday. The first-grader who died Sunday attended the school. Tests confirmed the child had H1N1, but authorities stressed that it has not been confirmed as the cause of death. The child's name has not been released.
Vacaville Christian High School also is closed today. School officials said numerous faculty members and students at the school are ill, although it is not known how many of them might have H1N1. Efforts to clean and sterilize the school are ongoing, and the school is scheduled to reopen Monday.
On Thursday night, Vacaville residents, some of them parents of Browns Valley Elementary School students, attended a meeting at Vacaville City Hall. Some expressed anger that school officials delayed closing Browns Valley after the death of the first-grade student. School officials said they did not immediately close the school as a result of one reported illness.