Solon schools disinfects elementary, middle school as precaution against Ebola
SOLON, Ohio --Solon Middle School and Parkside Elementary are closed today as the district
disinfects the building, as a precaution to protect students from Ebola.
A Solon Middle School employee flew on a Frontier Airlines plane Tuesday, the day after Dallas nurse Amber Joy Vinson flew back to Texas. Vinson, 29, who spent the weekend in Akron tested positive Ebola on Tuesday.
The airline has not confirmed if the plane the school employee was on is the same plane that the nurse flew on, Solon school's communications director Tamera Strom said.
"Obviously no one was in direct contact with the nurse," Strom said. "This is just the superintendent deciding to go a step further."
The district was not asked to disinfect the schools by any health official or organization. The school is following cleaning protocol from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection, Strom said, but she would not give details
Parents are asking questions and are concerned, Strom said.
"We want to do this right and thoroughly," she said. "It's new for everyone and people don't understand it."
School is also cancelled tomorrow for a district professional work day, which was already on the calendar before the news about Ebola broke.
The employee who flew on Frontier Airlines will not work at the school until the self-monitoring phase is over. Strom would not say whether the employee is a teacher.