Mentone Elementary Parents Informed of Viral Mengitis Case

The superintendent of Tippecanoe Valley Schools announced yesterday afternoon that a Mentone Elementary School student is hospitalized with viral meningitis. Superintendent Brett Boggs says the school sent a letter home with students yesterday explaining that viral meningitis, which the student has, is a relatively common but rarely serious infection of the fluid of the spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain. Boggs says the parents should not confuse the disease with bacterial meningitis, which the student does not have and which is very serious and can result in brain damage or even death.