Schools: Health screenings done at home first

Schools: Health screenings done at home first

SAY THEY NEEDPARENTS' HELP TO KEEPEVERYONE AT SCHOOLHEALTHY.GOOD EVENING, I'MJENNIFER GRISWOLD.SOME SCHOOL NURSESARE SENDING KIDSHOME IF THEY SHOW UPTO SCHOOL WITHSYMPTOMS.3 NEWS NOW CHIEFPHOTOGRAPHERSTEFFANI NOLTE SHOWSA TOOL PAPILLIONLAVISTA SCHOOLS AREASKING PARENTS TOUSE EVERY DAY TODETERMINE IF IT'S SAFETO GO TO SCHOOL.PARENTS IN THE PICK UPLINE OUTSIDE OF TARAHEIGHTS ELEMENTARYIN PAPILLION TRUSTTHEIR KIDS ARE COMINGHOME SAFELY.BUT THAT REALLYSTARTS BEFORE THEYEVEN GET TO SCHOOL.PARENTS ARE ASKED TORUN THROUGH THISQUESTIONAIRE EVERYDAY.JULIE BROOD 7:08SOMETIMES IT'S HARDTO REMEMBER TO DO ITIN THE MORNING, BUTOVERALL, I GUESS IT'S AGOOD THING.JULIE BROOD HAS TWOSCHOOL AGED KIDS.SHE SAYS SHE'S ALITTLE FREAKED OUTABOUT THE THOUGHTOF KIDS GOING TOSCHOOL SICK.7:46 A PART OF ME FEELLIKE YES, THERE AREOF KIDS GOING TOSCHOOL SICK.7:46 A PART OF ME FEELLIKE YES, THERE AREGOING TO BE PARENTSTHAT SEND THEIR KIDSANYWAYS BUT I'MREALLY HOPEFUL THATTHEY'RE KEEPING THEMHOME IF IT SAYS TO.PAPILLION LAVISTASCHOOLS HAS SENTKIDS HOME SICKALREADY THIS YEAR.THOUGH THEY DIDN'TSAY EXACTLY HOWOFTEN IT'S HAPPENING.ANNETTE 1:48 ANY TIMEA STUDENT SHOWS UPWITH SYMPTOMS, WE'REPROBABLY BEINGOVERLY CAUTIOUS.SO, IF A CHILD SHOWSUP AND THEN DEVELOPSA COUGH THE NURSE ISGOING TO SEND THEMHOME.THAT PROBABLYWOULDN'T HAVEHAPPENED LAST YEARAT THIS TIME.UNDER THE COVIDRULES, A COUGH ISVERY CLOSELY RELATEDTO COVID SO WE JUSTCAN'T TAKE THE RISK.RUNNING THOUGH THISSCREENING,DEVELOPED BY HEALTHPROFESSIONALS ATCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL,TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT OF IT FORPARENTS.3:22 WEARING MASKS,SOCIAL DISTANCINGWHEN POSSIBLE, LOTSAND LOTS, WE'VE PUT INA TON OF HEALTHPRECAUTIONS IN OURSCHOOLS.WHAT WE NEED IS OURPARENTS TO PARTNERWITH US TO MAKE SUREIF THERE IS POTENTIALOF A STUDENT HAVINGCOVID OR OF THEMCOMING TO SCHOOLSICK THAT THEY KEEPTHEM HOME UNTIL WEKNOW FOR SURE THESITUATION WE AREDEALING WITH.SHE SAYS THATPARTNERSHIP BETWEENSCHOOLS AND HOME ISCRITICAL RIGHT NOWFOR THE HEALTH ANDSAFETY OF EVERYONEAT SCHOOL.IN PAPILLION STEFFANINOLTE, 3 NEWS NOW.THE SCREENING TOOL ISAVAILABLE ON THEPAPILLION LAVISTASCHOOL DISTRICTWEBSITE AND ON THEIRAPP.THE MILLARD SCHOOLDISTRICT IS REPORTINGFOUR MORE CASES.ONE AT EACH OF THEFOLLOWING: CENTRALMIDDLE SCHOOL, BLACKELK ELEMENTARY,HOLLING HEIGHTS ANDBEADLE MIDDLESCHOOL.AND THERE ARE TWOPOSITIVE CASES INDISTRICT 66.ACCORDING TOWESTSIDE - TWO STAFFMEMBERS ARE POSITIVEFOR THE VIRUS.THEY'VE BEEN SELFQUARANTINING FORSEVERAL DAYS ANDHAVE BEEN IN DIRECTCONTACT WITH ONLY 4PEOPLE AND THOSEPEOPLE HAVE BEENNOTIFIED.ALSO NEW TONIGHT -ANOTHER POSITIVECASE IN THE RALSTONPUBLIC SCHOOLDISTRICT.A BLUE TRIANGLEKINDERGARTENSTUDENT AT MEADOWSELEMENTARY ?HAS THEVIRUS.THE DISTRICT AND THEDOUGLAS COUNTYHEALTH DEPARTMENTARE LEADING THEINVESTIGATION.THIS IS THE 4TH CASE INTHE DISTRICTCOUNCIL BLUFFS