To protect other students from contagious illnesses, students infected with certain diseases are not allowed to come to school while contagious. If school staff suspects that a student may have a contagious disease based on signs or symptoms the student has, staff will exclude the student from attendance until all suspicious symptoms are gone or until the child’s physician documents that the student may return to school. Parents of a student with a communicable or contagious disease should keep their child home and phone the school office so that other students who might have been exposed to the disease can be alerted.
The district is required to report certain contagious (communicable) diseases or illnesses to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) or to our local/regional health authority. A list of notifiable conditions can be found on the DSHS website. The school office can also provide information from DSHS on the notifiable conditions.
ResponsiveEd will follow the county, state, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance regarding epidemics and pandemics such as COVID-19, including the guidelines from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). See the ResponsiveEd website for additional information and updates regarding how a current epidemic or pandemic like COVID-19 impacts school operations.