Health Department Note

• The Onondaga Co. Health Department wants parents to sign up through their local school district website.
  
• The website was overloaded with people signing up Thursday morning, and is asking some parents to wait a few hours.
  
• The health department says it has plenty of vaccine for all children who need it.
• It asks parents to be patient and continue to try to sign-up on the school district websites.  It's okay if you don't sign-up until this afternoon.
• Do not call the schools. You need to enroll on-line.

Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - Several counties put schedules in place Wednesday for district-wide H1N1 clinics for students. Information was posted on school websites and through letters being sent home. 
 
Vaccinating so many kids will be a pretty big undertaking and the districts want everything ready before the vaccine gets here. The first clinic in Cayuga County is set for next Thursday in Moravia from 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - assuming the vaccine arrives.

ESM and West Genesee have also posted dates to their websites for early December clinics. Of course, a lot of these dates are contingent on when the vaccine gets here.

Registration information will be coming from your school.  This is only open to children enrolled in school.

The districts are asking you to make an appointment by going to your school's website, and come at your scheduled time to keep things moving along. Also, schools don't want kids who already have flu-like symptoms attending these clinics.

Find the schedule for your district here, and sign up.

The Health Department is receiving many phone calls from parents, and their website is receiving a lot of traffic. Please continue to try to schedule an appointment using your school's website.

Oswego County

Oswego County tells NewsChannel 9 it is in the planning stages of hosting school-based clinics.  The health department says it doesn't want to set any firm dates yet without knowing they have the vaccine available in the quantities they will need.

They're hoping to have the school-based clinics at the end of November and early December and will be releasing more information as soon as they receive more H1N1 vaccine.

Private Schools

We've been receiving many questions from parents about where students who attend private/parochial schools should register for shots.
 
Kathy Mogle, from the Onondaga County Health Department, says you can register your child for an H1N1 vaccine in the school district where you live. Just go to your school district's website and register your child for that district's clinic.