Education

Olympia School District to host free flu shot clinics

By Lisa Pemberton

lpemberton@theolympian.com
Capital High School teacher Troy Mickelson is one of the first to get his flu shot by Linda Davelaar of the Seattle Visiting Nurse Association during a Monday clinic offered by that organization and open to all Olympia School District students and employees. The district is offering two more clinics later this month. Staff file, 2014
Capital High School teacher Troy Mickelson is one of the first to get his flu shot by Linda Davelaar of the Seattle Visiting Nurse Association during a Monday clinic offered by that organization and open to all Olympia School District students and employees. The district is offering two more clinics later this month. Staff file, 2014 Steve Bloom Staff photographer

The Olympia School District is partnering with the Seattle Visiting Nurse Association to provide flu shots for the district’s staff, students, families and community members.

Vaccinations will be offered at clinics planned for 3 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Washington Middle School’s eighth-grade commons at 3100 Cain Road SE, and 3-6:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at Capital High School commons at 2707 Conger Ave. NW.

The nurse association will bill most insurance plans, including Group Health, for the flu shots. Cigna and Kaiser insurance plans won’t be billed.

Students younger than 18 without insurance coverage will be offered a flu shot at no cost. Adults without coverage can pay $30 for a flu shot.

For information, contact Jeff Carpenter, director of health, fitness and athletics, at 360-596-8544 or jcarpent@osd.wednet.edu.

Lisa Pemberton: 360-754-5433, @Lisa_Pemberton

This story was originally published October 13, 2016 at 10:25 AM with the headline "Olympia School District to host free flu shot clinics."

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