HINTON- -- MRSA is causing panic across southern West Virginia.
The bacterial infection has parents concerned and students scared to go to school.
At least one school bus was met by protesters Friday morning in Wyoming County. Parents on all-terrain vehicles tried to block it from dropping off kids at Baileysville Grade School and Middle School.
They Wyoming County Sheriff's Department sent deputies to escort kids to classes.
The protest was a result of rumors are circulating of a MRSA outbreak.
The superintendent for Wyoming County schools and the health department said there are no confirmed cases of the infection in the county. But the health department says that it is difficult to track because often people go out of the county for treatment.
School superintendents from across West Virginia met in a regular meeting in Raleigh County Friday morning.
One of the topics discussed was MRSA. The superintendent's message to parents is to not panic. He says the situation is under control.
But still that is not enough for some parents.
They blame the board of education for keeping them in the dark about any possible infections.
Wyoming County parents aren't the only ones upset. People in other parts of Southern West Virginia are frustrated as well.
Students walked out of Summers County High School on Friday. After two confirmed cases of MRSA in the school they say they're scared.
One other case has been confirmed in the county at Jumping Branch Elementary school.
Dozens of students walked out of the high school, some went back but others went across the street and protested.
The students say they don't feel like the school has taken the appropriate measures to keep them safe.
School officials say the school is clean and safe, but students don't believe enough has been done.
School officials say some students may be disciplined.
But they say the punishment will be up to the school, the student and their parents.