Issaquah HS will be open Friday after staff immunization check

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Students at Issaquah high school learned late Wednesday everyone who was around the school last Monday through Thursday (May 6 to May 9) could have been exposed to the measles virus.

Issaquah School District cancelled classes at the school Thursday, May 16, after learning a staff member worked at the school while she was infected, and didn't realize she was sick.

On Thursday afternoon, the Issaquah School District announced staff provided necessary documentaiton of immunization and that the school will be open Friday.

Issaquah High students told KIRO 7 they didn't get clear answers when they asked staff for details.

Initially, we all thought it was a student," said senior Sophie Kirkegaard. "We started asking my teacher about it, like, 'Hey! What's going on? This is really serious."'

On Wednesday, the district confirmed a staff member has measles, but a district spokesperson said they would not reveal more about her specific position, or in which classrooms she worked.

KIRO 7 learned that to be hired by Issaquah Public Schools, all staff members must fill in a document confirming exact dates they were immunized for diseases like measles.

Kirkegaard found out late Wednesday that classes had been cancelled for Thursday, so all Issaquah High School staff members could gather documentation from health care providers to prove they have been vaccinated.

The State Health Department says there are five new measles cases, two in King County, two in Pierce County and one in Snohomish County.

While the exact sources and locations of the measels infections are not known, all the new cases spent time in SeaTac Airport when they were likely infectious. Read more about the individual cases below.

Find the statewide measles count here.

Pierce County

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced Sunday that a man in his 40s was diagnosed with measles. The patient had been to SeaTac Airport and a meeting at Orting High School. To read locations of potential exposure, follow this link.

A second case was announced Wednesday. The patient is a man in his 50s that spent time in the Puyallup area while contagious.

Date	Time	Location
May 11	10:35 a.m. to 1:50 p.m.	Target South Hill Mall
May 11	11 a.m. to 1:20 p.m.	Costco in Puyallup

King County

A woman in her 40s and a woman in her 50s have been diagnosed with measles, according to the Washington State Department of Health. The Issaquah School District confirmed that one of the patients is an employee at Issaquah High School. Potential locations of exposure are listed below. Read more here.

Date	Time	Location
May 6, 2019	7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.	Issaquah High School (700 2nd Ave SE, Issaquah 98027)
May 7 – 10, 2019	3:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.	SeaTac International Airport, 1^st Floor Parking Garage, Orange Elevators, Breezeway over Skybridge 5, Terminal to Baggage claim area
May 7, 2019	9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Third & Broad Business Building (2901 3^rd Ave, Seattle 98121)
May 7, 2019	12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Cherry St Coffee (2719 1^st Ave Seattle 98121)
May 9, 2019	9 a.m. – 6 p.m.	Third & Broad Business Building (2901 3^rd Ave, Seattle 98121)
May 9, 2019	11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Matt’s in the Market (94 Pike St, Ste. 32 Seattle 98101)
May 10, 2019	11 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Hunters Ridge Community Open House

Snohomish County

The Snohomish County Health District is currently investigating a confirmed measles case in an adolescent male. Health officials say he is a student at North Creek High School in Bothell. Potential places of exposure are listed below. Read more here.

School district officials said Wednesday evening that the district has been working the Snohomish Health District to review student vaccination records.

According to their records, they said almost 99 percent of North Creek students have received the MMR vaccine.

The school district has contacted families of students who have not received the vaccination.

"These students will be excluded from school until June 3, barring any additional confirmed cases," the district said.

Date	Time	Location
May 5	12:30 - 9:30 p.m.	Safeway/Starbucks, 24040 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell
May 6	7:35 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.	North Creek High School, 3613 191st Place SE, Bothell
May 6	12:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Top Pot Donuts, 18001 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell
May 7	7:30 a.m. - 4:20 p.m.	North Creek High School, 3613 191st Place SE, Bothell
May 7	6 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.	Arirang Korean BBQ, 18623 Highway 99 #150, Lynnwood
May 7	9 p.m. - 12 a.m.	Pochi Bubble Tea, 1211 164th St. SW, Lynnwood
May 8	7:35 a.m. - 4:20 p.m.	North Creek High School, 3613 191st Place SE, Bothell
May 9	7:35 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.	North Creek High School, 3613 191st Place SE, Bothell
May 9	11:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Top Pot Donuts, 18001 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell
May 9	3:30 - 9:30 p.m.	Safeway/Starbucks, 24040 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell
May 10	7:35 a.m. - 4:20 p.m.	North Creek High School, 3613 191st Place SE, Bothell
May 10	3:45 - 4:30 p.m.	Purity Health, 3922 148th St. SE, Bothell
May 10	7 - 10:30 p.m.	Good Pho You, 402 164th St SW, Lynnwood
May 11	12:30 - 9 p.m.	Safeway/Starbucks, 24040 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell
May 11	8 p.m. - 2 a.m.	AMC Woodinville 12, 17640 Garden Way NE
May 12	8 - 10:30 a.m.	QFC, 926 164th St SE, Mill Creek
May 12	8:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Mon Amie Bakery, 914 164th Street Southeast Suite B8, Mill Creek