The school was closed Friday, May 26 through Friday, June 2. Students are now able to return to school Monday.
“The health and well-being of our students and staff is our top priority,” the school said in its announcement before Memorial Day weekend. “We are continuing to work with Public Health – Seattle & King County and SPS Coordinated Student Health. We are taking measures to ensure the safety of our staff and students.”
Measles is a highly contagious and potentially severe disease that causes fever, rash, cough, and red, watery eyes. “If you don’t have immunity, you can get measles just by being in a room where a person with measles has been,” said Elysia Gonzales, Medical Epidemiologist for Public Health – Seattle & King County. “The best protection against measles is to get vaccinated. Two doses of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine provides about 97% protection against getting infected by measles, and that protection lasts a lifetime.
Measles can take up to three weeks to develop and often begins with a rash. The virus is easily spread thru the air and contact with bodily fluids.The locations and times of potential exposure to measles before the child was diagnosed are as follows:– 5/11, 12 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and 5/12, 8:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.– 5/13, 4:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.