He did not release the teacher's name. Letters were sent home with the school's 202 students Wednesday informing their parents of the situation. However, officials will be closely watching the Carlisle Area School District elementary school in Mt. Holly Springs over the next few days. In addition, the Department of Health is contacting area hospitals to notify them if any more meningitis patients are diagnosed. The disease is contagious through close contact such as sharing eating utensils or toothbrushes or through kissing or sexual contact.
Bacterial meningitis causes the membrane around the brain and the spinal cord to swell.
Symptoms include fever and a severe, sudden headache accompanied by neck stiffness and mental changes such as malaise or lethargy. A rash may begin as a red eruption mainly on the arms and legs. It may then evolve into a rash of small dots that do not change with pressure. Trio Eaken Piano Trio has chosen a cellist to succeed Nancy Baun, who left the group this year. The cellist joins John Eaken, violinist, and pianist Gloria Whitney as artists-in residence at Dickinson College.