With the University of Montana already in session, Missoula County Public School District One schools will also begin the 2019-2020 school year this week.
The Montana legislature has mandated new immunization requirements for school children. In order to help students receive the immunization, the Missoula City-County Health Department outpatient clinic is offering extended hours and a Saturday clinic.
The Missoula City County Health Department says flu cases are on the rise in western Montana, and could be connected to a different strain of the virus.
Missoula schools will be opening for fall classes this week, and the Missoula City County Health Department wants parents to know their children must be properly immunized before being allowed to attend classes.
Missoula County Public Schools will sponsor an early childhood screening for pre-kindergarten children birth to age 5 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, at Jefferson School, 1700 South Avenue West, in Missoula.