McHenry County Government: MCDH Investigating Illness Linked To Events Sponsored By Local School

Press release from the McHenry County Government:

02/25/2022 7:30 PM

The McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) is investigating any illnesses that occurred on or after Feb. 7  and have an association with Crystal Lake Montessori School, 3013 S. Country Club Rd. in Woodstock, or at any events at an alternative location sponsored by the school.

The investigation is ongoing and therefore information around the total number of cases of illness and the cause of illness is currently not available.

MCDH is requesting that everyone who ate food either at a Crystal Lake Montessori School classroom event or from a school-sponsored event, regardless if they developed symptoms, complete a confidential survey available at redcap.link/foodillnesssurvey. MCDH is also asking that anyone who is associated with the school and became ill but did not attend any of the school-sponsored events on or after Feb. 7 also complete this survey as it will aid in the overall investigation. 

Parents who complete the survey on behalf of their child, please answer the questions respective to their experience. Information collected in the survey is confidential. In addition, the survey database used to collect this information is HIPAA compliant. The survey will only take a few minutes to complete and is important to help understand what happened to cause illnesses.

If you have any questions about the survey, please call (815) 334-4500 and ask for a Communicable Disease Nurse. We thank you for your time and participation in this important survey.

This press release was produced by the McHenry County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.