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The Flathead Health Department and Kalispell schools say their constant communication is the key to what they say demonstrates successful management of the H1N1 virus.

Kalispell District 5 officials say that they have seen a decrease in students with flu-like symptoms, but they are continuing to work hand in hand with the Flathead County Health Department.

"We work very closely with them. Our nurses meet with the health department nurses on a regular basis so we can keep up to date on sort of what's going on in the community. If we see a real spike in the number of absences then we might have to do a short term closure," explained Kalispell District 5 Superintendent Darlene Schottle.

Kalispell's District 5 has actually seen a decrease in students with flu-like symptoms. Schottle says sickness peaked at the end of September, but now she estimates only 1% to 2% of students are out sick.

The Flathead Health Department also told us that after Wednesday morning, they will be completely out of all H1N1 vaccines. They say they don't find out until a day or two before another shipment comes in, so they are just taking it day by day.

"We just don't know what we are going to get and if next week we get a very limited supply and it's mostly injectable, we have a lot of health care providers out there that still need injectable vaccine, so we may not have a clinic in the health department next week. It will just depend on what numbers we get," adds Flathead City-County Health Departments, Joe Russell.