Texas School District Asking Students If They Recently Traveled To West Africa
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Fight Ensues Because Of A McGriddle [VIDEO]ABILENE, Tex. (CBS Houston) – The Abilene Independent School District is doing its part to help prevent the spread of Ebola by asking its students if any of them had traveled to West Africa.
The district is providing new students with a packet when they register. The form asks a series of questions to help find out if any students have traveled to West Africa.
According to KTXS-TV, Lee Elementary has many foreign students including some from West Africa.
“Any student that registers out of the district into our district will be asked four questions regarding their travel,” Phil Ashby, the director of communications for the school district, told the station.
Ashby told KTXS that one question they are asked is “if they traveled to any of the at-risk countries that the CDC has identified at being at risk for Ebola.”
The school has a set of procedures to follow if a student answers yes to that question. The procedures have been handed down from the CDC and Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. The student will be sent to the hospital if the risk is found to be significant.
