SPOKANE — Parents of unvaccinated children in Spokane County could be in for more homeschooling this year.

Worries about a measles outbreak spread in the area just as students showed up for the first day of school on Tuesday, and if a student or staff member contracts the highly contagious virus, every unvaccinated person in their school will be sent home for 21 days, including those with any kind of exemption.

Such a disruption to the start of school would be the outcome based on a state law designed to stop the spread of the potentially fatal disease.

Recently appointed Washington Secretary of Health Dennis Worsham called measles “one of the most contagious diseases” and said his state department has been following the developing measles outbreak in Spokane closely. Ensuring high vacc

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