Teachers' trip amid Ebola crisis stirs concerns

PRIEST RIVER — Priest River Lamanna High School teachers’ attendance at a training seminar in Texas amid the Ebola crisis is raising concerns and questions.

Eight teachers and the school’s grant facilitator flew to a 21st Century Community Learning Center retreat on Monday and are due back in Bonner County on Thursday night. They are scheduled to return to class on Monday.

Residents and students are questioning whether the trip is endangering the teachers and exposing the community to the deadly virus, which has caused one death and infected two health care workers in Texas.

The staff is apparently attending a retreat in Salado, Texas. Salado is approximately 145 miles south of Dallas, where the Ebola crisis is unfolding.

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