Mesa County health officials are warning of a gastrointestinal illness that looks a lot like the norovirus.
Mesa County Public Health issued a guidance Tuesday about prevention methods after detecting cases of the contagious gastrointestinal virus from child-care facilities. The virus has since made its way to some students at all levels throughout School District 51, bringing to mind the norovirus issues that ran through District 51 in November of 2019.
Ideally, the district would rather not deal with norovirus again. But if itâs going to, now is one of the best times.
âWe had a four-day weekend last week, so that kept kids away from each other,â said Emily Shockley, spokesperson for District 51. âNow we have spring break next week, too.â
School District 51 has made changes to its agenda for tonightâs Board of Education meeting.
The change centers around the topic of last nightâs executive session regarding a superintendent succession plan. In a Monday night Facebook post, District 51 reiterated that those meetings are not public.
In a Tuesday email to media, spokesperson Emily Shockley clarified that superintendent Diana Sirko is not retiring in the immediate future.
âThat will happen next summer at the very earliest, and the formal search process is not starting now,â Shockley wrote. âThis is simply a discussion happening well in advance of any superintendent search to ensure they are prepared for the future and hang on to valuable people in D51 who may be otherwise be recruited away this year, as there are several superintendent searches going on in Colorado right now.â