The Biloxi Public School District is taking steps to help educate parents and students on how to minimize the risk of being exposed to flu viruses.

As part of its efforts, the school district on Friday, Dec. 13, 2009 distributed to students an "H1N1 Toolkit" for parents to review. The toolkit included information about vaccinations to be offered at Biloxi public schools, a parental consent form that must be signed by parents or guardians, a Q&A about the virus and the vaccine, and a letter from the Mississippi State Department of Health.

Click on links below for more information.

H1N1 Toolkit (Nov. 13, 2009)

This six-page PDF includes useful information and your parental consent form

Here are other useful links that were posted months ago

Health Department announcement about Harrison County cases (May 2009)

Informational flier on healthy habits

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services web site on fighting the flu

Q&A about swine flu

Video of a media briefing delivered May 1, 2009, by Dr. Hank Bounds, then-superintedent of the Mississippi Department of Education