The Sickhouse

Someone needs to educate Connecticut educators on the concepts of infection and contagion (link):

WATERBURY, Conn. --A doctor's note may not be good enough for city school children who are absent because of illness under a tougher attendance policy under consideration by the Board of Education.

Routine illness, even with note from a physician, would no longer be considered an excused absence under the policy proposed on Monday.

The policy would excuse health-related absences only if a student is hospitalized or presents proof of a "serious chronic illness," such as diabetes or asthma.

The proposed policy was drafted by a committee of teacher, administrators and others, headed by Michael Yamin, an assistant principal at Kennedy High School.

"We now are looking for school to be the priority," Yamin said.

Best of luck next flu season.