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Akenhead, James; Andreani, Alan – American School Board Journal, 2002
School officials put a crisis communications plan into action after two Ohio students died and a third became critically ill from meningitis in May 2001. A mass immunization program prevented a major outbreak, and rumor control helped calm the public's fears. Recounts things learned from the experience. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Communications, Crisis Management, Elementary Secondary Education
