Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-01-13
MEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD AID
JOURNED FROM MONDAY TO
WEDNESDAY.
TO ENFORCE HEALTH RULES
Communication Read From State Beard
of Education Concerning Health
Regulations.

and owing to the illness OF the clerk
of the board, Chairman Fulton declar-
ed the meeting adjourned to Wednes-
day evening at $50 p. M, quorum OF
sthe members not being present. This
injecting was the fifth monthly meeting
sof the school board of the Grangeville
Independent District.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Fulton. The members pres
ent were Fulton, Sims, Cole and Par
sons. The members absent were Ker-
lee and Urbahn. The minutes of the
last regular meeting were read and ap-
proved The reading of the treasurer s
report and approval thereof, and the
clerks report and the approval thereof
followed.
Health Regulations.
Reading of communication from the
office of County Superintendent of
Public Instruction, }. j. Staley acting
for State Superintendent of Public In
struction, and supporting the act of
the secretary of the State Board or +
Health.
Sec. 664 of State School laws pro-
Vides as follows:
Exclusion of Pupils From Infected
Households
Sec 664-The school trustees of the
various school districts in the state,
shall not allow any pupil to attend the
public schools while any member of the
household to which such pupil belongs
is sick with smallpox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria or any other contagious or
infectious disease dangerous to public
health, or during the period of two
weeks, after the death, recovery, or re-
moval of such sick person; and any
pupil coming from such household shall
be required to present to the teacher
of the school the pupil desires to attend,
a certificate from the attending physi-
clan of the facts to entitle him to adj
mission in accordance with the above
regulations.
Section 666 Provides as follows: ANY
>-school Trustee or other person violating
any of the provisions of this article
shall be deemed guilty of msdemean-
or.
We find that many of the schools of
the state are permitting children to re-
turn to school before the required two
weeks have elapsed after recovery from
a contagious disease.
The contagious diseases coming under
this section are Infantile Paralysis,
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, Diphteria,
Scarlet Fever, Membranous Group,
Measles, Whoopng Cough and Chicken
Pox.
Where health officers and physicians
give re-admissions school certificates,
before the required two weeks have
elapsed the school superintendent
should not accept these certificates.
We request that you strictly enforce
this law.
Very truly yours,
Bernice Mccoy,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Ralph Falk, M. D.,
Secretary of State Board of Health.
Following the reading of the above
communication, the matter being fully
discussed by the board, the chair en-
tertained a motion made by Parsons
and seconded by Cole.
Motion-Desiring that parents and
pupils, as well as all of this community
having interest in the welfare of health
in general, should be intelligently in
formed as to the laws and regulations
of such bodies and authorities as are
duty bound to use every precaution to
use every plecaution to protect and
keep free from all such contagious and
infectious diseases as are named in the
above letter in which laws of our state
are quoted, and the request made that
such be the action of every school
board in the state therefor,
Be it resolved that thru this motion,
The courtesy of the local press, be
solicited in so far as publishing the let.
ter, as read, and that it may become
known to all parents and pupils, as well
as all members of this and adjoining
school districts trusting thereby, to re
ha Of IN
the efforts we, as the Board of Educa
ton are herein endeavorng to use fol
the protection of the general health OF
all, and that the request be herein made
that citizens will cut out this informa
ton, and keep it in some safe place fol
future reference in case of possible
necessity. The motion carried, all pres
ent voting yea.
Bill in amount of $S0.65, having beer
approved by the finance committee 4
motion by Sims seconded by Cole wa
made that warrants be ordered drawn
by the clerk, to cover bills as listed
All present voting yea
Motion by Cole and Sims, that Meet
ing be now adjourned to the next reg
ular time of meeting. Carried
Discussion of lease of old schoo
building in part, to be leased to tn
new militia company now in Grange
vile, was carried over to the next meet
ing. The chairman having been au
thorized to draw up form of leas
which would cover the points in ques
tion and submit same for the approva
or rejection of the board.
Discussion and investigation of in
surance policies concerning the amount
and the limits of time on each, as GOV
ering both the old and new schoo
buildings, and all properties now il
possession of Independent District Nc
were also given into the charge of tn
chairman for his careful investigation