Bandera ISD takes a preventative approach in preparing for the flu season. Campus custodians take care to routinely disinfect areas that are touched frequently by students and staff. The district custodial crew fogs each campus regularly with a quat disinfectant to prevent air borne transmission of infections. Bandera ISD schools were equipped with hand-sanitizer stations earlier this calendar year. The district is currently working on updating its Emergency Operations Plan to include Infectious Disease planning.
Information on flu was included in each student’s first day packet. Campuses have extra copies of the brochure “Pandemic Influenza: What Do You Need to Do to Prepare?.” Teachers and administrators are reinforcing common non-pharmaceutical interventions such as those listed below. More information will be distributed as it becomes available.
Parents are asked to check their children each morning for illness and keep them home if they have a fever of 100 degrees or higher. The student must remain home until they are fever free for 24 hours without the aid of fever reducing medications. The student must be seen in the clinic upon returning to school for a temperature check by the nurse. In this way you will help prevent others from catching your illness.
To help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses such as the flu, take extra precaution to:
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Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, or sneeze into the crook of your arm.
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Wash hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. If you are not near water, use an alcohol-based hand cleaner.
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Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick as well.
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Do not share personal items or drink from common containers.
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Stay home from work, school and social gatherings if you get the flu.
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Keep your hands away from your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread rapidly this way.
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Stay informed of the facts by reading all information sent home on the flu.
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