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U-46 reviews deadline for physicals, vaccinations


By Seth Hancock
  The 2017-18 school year in School District U-46 will be starting in a few weeks with the first day of school on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and if any students haven’t received the required vaccinations or physicals by then they will be prohibited from attending until compliance is met.
  The current board policy, under section 7.1, states that “if the examination is not completed by the opening of school, exclusion will take place immediately.” For new students there is a two-week grace period and those who register after Oct. 15 have 30 days for compliance.
  U-46 CEO Tony Sanders said at a Board of Education meeting in May that “the board has always had a policy that says we exclude students on the first day of school,” but this will be the first year the district follows the policy.
  “The challenge becomes as the first day of school arrives, especially when we moved the start date back a little bit, is getting families to comply with that and actually show up,” Sanders said. “Every year we would kind of disregard board policy to some extent to allow families, because we do not want to send families home from school. This year, we are going to live by that deadline.”
  The board’s policy is stricter than the Illinois State Board of Education’s (ISBE) guidelines which states proof of vaccinations and physical exams must be submitted by Oct. 15 for all students but adds “or by an earlier date of the current school year established by a school district.”
  Jeff Judge, health services supervisor, said “we must meet a minimum state health requirement over our student population” of 90 percent minimum compliance or face loss in state aid, and he added “of course our goal is always to not only meet that requirement but to also start off the first day of school with healthy and immunized protected students.”
  Board member Veronica Noland asked why the first day of school was chosen for the board policy. Sanders said he wasn’t aware of the reason as the policy was in place before he started working with the district.
  Noland, who said she ran into this situation last year with one of her children and “was glad we didn’t hold hard and fast last year,” said she would like the board to reconsider the policy.
  Board member Jeanette Ward agreed saying: “I would like to see our policy mirror state law. Why do we have to be more stringent than state law? As a board, I’d like us to look at that.”
  Judge said that with “Obamacare or HMO’s people might have a difficult time getting appointments” and the district will work with parents to help them comply. Judge said the district has been sending letters and emails as well as providing social media updates since March to prepare families.
  “We’ve developed, I think, a pretty comprehensive plan to reach out to parents and make sure that everyone is notified of the exact expectations as required by the state, but also to provide them plenty of time to plan,” Judge said.
  Along with providing the communication plan on first day exclusions, Judge also provided the board with guidelines on dealing with students with allergies and those who go into anaphylactic shock. He said the guidelines were developed using the ISBE and Illinois Department of Public Health.
  Judge said “one of our goals was to be inclusive for anyone and everyone who may come in contact with our students including their entire day through school” from transportation to after school activities. He added: “We wanted to be clear that roles are defined so that it would be easy for each person to find their role and their responsibilities in regards to allergies and anaphylaxis. It was also important to include not only the day to day but also how to respond to emergent situations as well.”
  The use of epinephrine injectors, commonly known as EpiPens, is “driven by the physician” according to Judge who said the district has “very specific orders on what their symptoms would be and when to administer” if a student has a prescribed EpiPen. He added nurses, school administrators and teachers are made aware of what to look for.
  Judge said this past school year the district had a student who did not have a diagnosed allergy who went into anaphylactic shock and “we had to commandeer from another student” an EpiPen. Because of the possibility of undiagnosed allergies among students, the district is looking to provided some EpiPens to each school.
  Board member Sue Kerr asked how common the need for using an EpiPen is during a school year, and Judge said he knew of five cases this past year.
  Noland asked how the district keeps up to date on recalls and expiration dates on EpiPens, and Judge said “we’re very careful with the EpiPens” and he receives regular updates on recalls and expiration dates among other issues regarding EpiPens.
  “We keep very tight control on that because we would never want an EpiPen to fail during an emergency situation,” Judge said.

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