SEATTLE -- Three Seattle public schools will re-open Tuesday with delayed starts.

Madrona K-8, Stevens Elementary and Aki Kurose Middle School will re-open on Tuesday with two-hour delays.

• Aki Kurose Middle School will start at 10:00 a.m.
• Madrona K-8 will start at 10:45 a.m.
• Stevens Elementary will start at 11:15 a.m.

There will be no morning kindergarten for Madrona K-8; afternoon kindergarten will start at its regular time. Also breakfast will not be served at all three schools.

Based on recommendations from Public Health – Seattle & King County, those schools have been closed since last week due to students with probable cases of H1N1/swine flu.

King County health officials have since revised their guidelines for school closures. They are no longer recommending that schools close based on one or two probable cases of H1N1/swine flu in a school, said David Tucker of Seattle Public Schools. Instead officials are stressing the importance of symptom checks at home and at school.

Parents should continue to check their children for flu symptoms every morning. If a child is sick, they must stay home. If a student arrives at school sick or becomes sick during the day, school staff will call parents or guardians to come to school to pick up the student. Flu symptoms include fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit or more), sore throat, cough, runny nose, body aches, vomiting or diarrhea.

The two-hour delay allows time for staff to meet with a King County health official and prepare for students’ arrival.

For additional information, please visit www.seattleschools.org or the Public Health Seattle and King County Web site at www.metrokc.gov or call their hotline at 1-877-903-5464.