Some misinformation has circulated about the recent meningitis scare at Williamson County Elementary Schools. Parents, teachers and school officials have been in open and constant contact from the beginning to ensure protection of the community. The type of meningitis encountered was viral and less serious than the fungal kind that has killed two people in Tennessee, but school officials gave every priority to this outbreak to prevent further spreading.
“Dr. Donnelly, the faculty and staff are to be commended. Everyone from the district down to the school is doing everything known to do to take care of our students,” said Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Schools Denise Goodwin. “Dr. Donnelly communicated with parents regularly and worked to make sure extra efforts were in place to thoroughly clean the school, and I have received many positive comments from parents in support of her and how she has handled this matter.”
Two letters were sent home to parents by Principal Donnelly about the situation the first on September 20th and then again on the 25th. Extra cleaning crews were brought into the school as a precaution and busses were cleaned as well. Dr. Mike Looney, WCS Director, affirmed at a press conference that the school system handled this situation like all other student health issues, and that they “redoubled their efforts.”
Thank you Williamson County Schools, for keeping our children as safe as possible. For information about the schools illness policy go online here, or find out more about viral meningitis here.
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