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Showing posts with label school policies. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Indoor Air Quality Coordinator - Another Hat
This morning I received training from the Indiana State Department of
Health on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). There is a new law out that affects
schools, and I was appointed the IAQ Coordinator for Southern Hancock
Schools, so I needed to go and see how the new law would affect our
operations.
No upholstered furniture in classrooms, no home carpeting, no stuffed animals. No furry, feathered or reptilian animals without an educational purpose. Small fish bowls are OK, but not large aquariums. No scented candles, air fresheners, or diffusers. Some teachers will need to make some major changes.
Nearly 10% of all children have asthma, which can be triggered by strong smells and animal dander. Nearly 10% of all adults have asthma as well. A couple of years ago we had a teacher with asthma who had an attack brought on by the scented candle of a colleague. She had forgotten her inhaler, and an ambulance had to be called.
I myself have asthma, so this hits home. I'll be looking over the info will and see what our course of action as a school corporation will be. It will almost certainly involve creating new board policies.
I'm going to need a hat tree.
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No upholstered furniture in classrooms, no home carpeting, no stuffed animals. No furry, feathered or reptilian animals without an educational purpose. Small fish bowls are OK, but not large aquariums. No scented candles, air fresheners, or diffusers. Some teachers will need to make some major changes.
Nearly 10% of all children have asthma, which can be triggered by strong smells and animal dander. Nearly 10% of all adults have asthma as well. A couple of years ago we had a teacher with asthma who had an attack brought on by the scented candle of a colleague. She had forgotten her inhaler, and an ambulance had to be called.
I myself have asthma, so this hits home. I'll be looking over the info will and see what our course of action as a school corporation will be. It will almost certainly involve creating new board policies.
I'm going to need a hat tree.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Sunscreen Forbidden at Schools and Camps
USA Today
When parents send children to school or camp, they may worry about many things, from bullies to bus accidents. But unauthorized sunscreen use?
It turns out that many schools and camps do that worrying for parents, with policies that ban kids from carrying sunscreen without a doctor's note and warn staffers not to dispense it. Such policies
are getting new scrutiny this week, thanks to Jesse Michener, a mother
in Tacoma, Wash., who was horrified to see two of her daughters, ages 11
and 9, return from a school field day with severe sunburns.
The girls have extremely fair skin, and none of the adults at the event offered them sunscreen — or shade, for that matter — as a rainy day turned sunny, Michener, 37, wrote in a post in her blog, Life.Photographed, that got nationwide attention. More than a week later, their skin still is peeling and red, Michener told USA TODAY Wednesday: "It's appalling."
When parents send children to school or camp, they may worry about many things, from bullies to bus accidents. But unauthorized sunscreen use?
Jesse Michener says that as a result of school policy, daughter Violet, 11, was severely sunburned during an all-day field day.
The girls have extremely fair skin, and none of the adults at the event offered them sunscreen — or shade, for that matter — as a rainy day turned sunny, Michener, 37, wrote in a post in her blog, Life.Photographed, that got nationwide attention. More than a week later, their skin still is peeling and red, Michener told USA TODAY Wednesday: "It's appalling."
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