MP takes steps to avoid H1N1 Posted By: Ben Butler May 5, 2009 @ 5:46 am Today's Local News Tweet Share Email Area schools are reviewing their preparedness in the wake of the swine flu outbreak. Mid Prairie Superintendent Mark Schneider says they are taking the necessary actions. Schneider says he has spoken with the school nurses and sent a letter home with students detailing there plan. He says they are doing everything they can to keep the H1N1 virus out of the Mid Prairie School District.