Dr. Angela Moemeka, vice president and medical director of Community Health at Children’s Health System helped monitor the quarantined students: DISD video
Dallas ISD staff members remind the communities at Conrad High School, Hotchkiss Elementary, Tasby Middle and Dan D. Rogers Elementary schools — as four students return to class after a 21-day Ebola virus exposure quarantine — that they are in no danger of contracting the virus.
“If you have been nowhere near someone who is contagious, and showing the symptoms, that is what makes you contagious, you have nothing to worry about, ” says Connie Rodriguez, who heads the district’s Psychological and Social Services department.
Adds Dr. Angela Moemeka, vice president and medical director of Community Health at Children’s Health System helps monitor the quarantined students: “They were only exposed to a person who had Ebola virus disease, and they never had the disease and currently do not have Ebola virus disease.”
Staffers and counselors also spoke with the students about using good, common-sense health practices such as always washing hands in order to avoid all types of potential illnesses potentially passed from one person to another.
They also addressed issues such as bullying.
There is a possibility that students returning from quarantine will be bullied or ostracized, Rodriguez acknowledges, adding that the district has zero tolerance for bullying.
“All we’re doing is just reminding them that bullying is not acceptable and it is not accepted, “ Rodriguez says.
Below is the video released by DISD covering the quarantined students’ return to class. Some returned today; all are expected to be back in class tomorrow.
