COMMUNICABLE DISEASES POLICY

The St. Mary Parish School Board recognizes the importance of protecting the health and welfare of students, teachers, and other employees of the educational system from the spread of communicable diseases.  Therefore, at the May 10, 1990, regular meeting, the Board adopted a Communicable Disease Control Policy which can be reviewed at the Central Office Complex, 474 Highway 317, Centerville, La.

• No student will be allowed in school with a possible contagious disease.
• The student may re-enter school when free of such disease and/or with a physician's statement stating that his/her condition is not contagious.
• Students sent home with pediculosis (lice) shall not re-enter school when there is evidence of “live lice” present in the hair. The district will follow the State Communicability Policy through the Office of Public Health.