District administrators Friday announced their plans to deal with swine flu, also known as H1N1, as the first day of school approaches. Debbie Johnson, health services administrator, said students must have permission slips from parents to receive the free vaccinations. Schools will send permission slips home with students as soon as they receive them from the Oklahoma City-County Health Department, she said.

“When the H1N1 vaccine comes out, we’ll get it to our children as soon as possible. We’ve got 30 nurses to do that,” Johnson said. “We’re not worried. We’re going to handle it.”