Show CO OPERATION cooperation 0 it ON 1 in IS jau NEE Mry imlau DED yr monday february 10 tho the opening of the public schools again in ili heaver beaver utter having been closed for several months thoro there bas baa been a splendid response res ponso so 30 tar far going be beyond yond tile expectations of tho the school somo some of tho the grados registered seventy per cent of tho the total enrollment the 11 hrat rat day tho the question naturally arises with many of tho the patrons na as to what methods will be used to safeguard tho the health of tho the children who attend prior to tile tho opening of school a canvass was made to ascertain what proportion of tho the children would bikol likely v attend and also to gret tile the sentiment of tho the parents rela tit to tile tho opening of school most of tile the visited favored tho the opening of school it if certain precautions taken to safeguard the pupils ono thing suggested by the teachers and promised by them was tile tho employment of a school nurse tho the school nurse however will not bo be employed tor for the reason that tile the physicians said lt it would bo be an addell expense on the district and no material help would be given in safeguarding tile the children upon tho thi 1 dilso of the and the de da casion of tho the school board and board i of health abandoned the idea of a school nurse the work of the school nurse will be taken over by ay the teachers ng na far a it la is practicable tor for them to 10 do they propose to do this work under the direction of a local physician it will consist in taking tho the temper A of each child dally daily br or if necessary twice aday a day each room will be provided with three thermometers also with antiseptics for or sterl sterilizing izing the instruments teachers Tea chera tol feel that t they boy can do this work reasonably w well oil under tho direction of 0 ones one of oc OUT practicing physicians a u r t I 1 wf 46 6 f 46 n t r 0 i tho influenza lenza situation deac am make dally daily inspections of all children for tiny any symptoms of influenza and any ch child III showing signs of ill noss w will III he be excused from school and reported to the health board it has been the experience in other schools that children have bee been n suspected of com coming ing down with the in and have been forced to submit to a quarantine until the dis din ease fully developed and many children have thus escaped an exposure that may otherwise have contracted the disease children will be naked asked to to avoid coming in close contact 1 with each other as much as aa possible and teachers will be required to enforce this regulation on the play ground teachers feel that tho the burden ot 0 responsibility should rest equall r upon tho the parents and that t alosa ja watch should be kept in the home on it 1 1 each child and any boy or alil who I 1 Is in not feeling well shou should ke be I 1 kept a it from school until they are safe to mingle with ath other children it if par I 1 enta will not allow their cht children idren to come to school unless they are in good health the teachers teacher swill will try to tahe fako rare care of oil all who may develop some illness after entering school I 1 children who absent themselves 1 from school after once entering will be reported immediately to the pro 1 ballon officer who will got get in touch the health board whose duty alwill be to find out athe it the abild child 4 la absent on account of some illness 1 it 1 so a close watch should be kept to to imade make pure sure what the trouble Is ana i handle tho the case in the best interests bof bof conserved conser ned parents will be asked to meet with the teachers to decide on other meas lures i urea that will tend toward safe safa guarding their children the teachers along with the school board and health board feel that school can run uninterrupted it if all are united land and will work to the one end that tha t I 1 of waging a vigorous campal campaign agn against influenza |