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  1. Stay tuned 2morrow for coverage from ASCD's PD policy briefing on effective teachers #hillpd
  2. Program & session descriptions for ASCD's LEAP Legislative Institute went live this week. Read more and register! http://bit.ly/RMw1f
  3. That's all folks! Thanks for following our tweets from the summitt. You can find all our posts by searching #flusummit.
  4. State health leader: "...Who do we need to meet w/when we're back so we can replicate this?" #flusummit
  5. Heard state health leader say to team "I've never seen 3 Secretaries & the Pres. (by phone) impress preparedness/coordination... #flusummit
  6. Sebelius: Plan now for getting kids immunized. Schools should talk w/parents in advance of vaccine availability, before flu hits. #flusummit
  7. Harvard School of Public health study shows 80 percent of public felt CDC communication about flu was good. #flusummit
  8. Vaccine hoped to be avail. mid-Oct. Voluntary participation immunization campaign. Vaccine dist. @ schools/child care facilities #flusummit
  9. Also learn about H1N1 on YouTube: Search on "CDC." #flusummit
  10. CDC has planning scenarios for communities in the H1N1 Spotlight section of www.cdc.gov. #flusummit
  11. Nurse Mary Pappas had the custodian take temps & put post-its w/the temps on kids' shirts so she could triage. #flusummit
  12. What happens when a school nurse has 102 kids w/fevers in 1 day? #flusummit
  13. Local & state speakers emphasize H1N1's changeable nature. Response plans should be flexible & allow for decisions "on the fly." #flusummit
  14. Back from our lunch hiatus. Catch phrase for the fall flu: Be prepared to be surprised (Sec'ty. Sebelius) #flusummit
  15. ASCD blog post response to NSDC's critique of whole child education: http://bit.ly/lJFPX. Please share your comments!
  16. NYC public schools & public health working w/CDC on study of economic impact of school closures & what kids did during closures #flusummit
  17. Goals for national plan: 1) Reduce illness and death, 2) Reduce social disruption #flusummit
  18. 2 million school days were lost due to closures this spring! Nearly 500,000 kids and 30,000 adults were out #flusummit
  19. Federal funds have been appropriated for H1N1 vaccinations. Kids will likely be first target for receiving vaccines in the fall. #flusummit
  20. School panel: School reopening decisions are as critical and difficult as closure decisions. Communication is critical. #flusummit