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| For Immediate Release | Contact: Frances Squire |
| April 30 , 2009 | Phone: (559) 934-2134 |
WHCCD Avenal State pre-school closed as a precaution
West Hills Community College District’s Avenal State pre-school was closed this morning (Thursday, April 30, 2009,) as students were arriving at about 8:15 a.m. as a precaution after flu-like symptoms developed in one of the center’s students.
“An older sibling of one of the children has been diagnosed with flu-like symptoms and the mother called this morning to notify us that the younger child is now ill,” said Kathy Watts, director of child development centers for the WHCCD.
Watts said that there has been no indication that the child has the swine flu but the program was closed this morning as a precaution.
“Three and four year olds put everything in their mouths,” Watts said, “and we would rather err on the side of caution than risk the health of children.”
The center serves 88 three and four-year olds and will remain closed on Thursday and Friday as a precaution, Watts said. Other WHCCD locations have not been affected and remain open.
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West Hills Community College District serves the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and is part of the California Community College System. Its two colleges, West Hills College Coalinga, which includes North District Center, Firebaugh, and West Hills College Lemoore, serve more than 7,000 students on campus and online each semester. The district also operates early education centers for infants and pre-school children in the communities of Coalinga, Lemoore, Avenal, San Joaquin and Firebaugh that serve almost 800 children.