FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue Regional School District will offer free flu vaccines for students. Maine CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine as the first and most important step in protecting against this serious disease. Children who receive flu vaccine are much less likely to get the flu and miss school.

Flu vaccine clinic information was recently sent home with students. The completed health screen and permission form must be returned to your child’s school in order for them to receive vaccine. Contact your child’s school nurse if you have questions or if you need additional copies of the permission form. Copies of the vaccine information and permission form are also available on the website at MtBlueRSD.org.

For more information about the flu or flu vaccine, contact your child’s medical provider, their school nurse, or the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention at www.mainefly.gov or at 800-867-4775, or flu.gov.

Parents will be notified through a PowerSchool or a take-home announcement if the date is changed. Vaccine will only be given to students with returned permission forms.

Vaccine clinic are planned for the following schools: Mt. Blue High School: Monday, Oct. 27; Cascade Brook School: Wednesday, Oct. 29; Mt. Blue High School: Tuesday, Nov. 4; Cape Cod Hill School: Wednesday, Nov. 5; Academy Hill and Cushing Schools: Thursday, Nov. 6; and Mallett School: Thursday, Nov. 13.