Education Law

Going batty!

BoardBuzz thought we'd heard it all. Not so. We came across this article this morning and couldn't believe our eyes. Put this one in the head-slapping file.

It seems that 90 elementary school students have to get treated for rabies after being exposed to a dead bat. But it's not what you think. They didn't find it on the playground -- oh no, a parent volunteer brought it to the school and allowed them to touch it! BoardBuzz is befuddled!

The mother of two students gave presentations in five classrooms and allowed the kids to touch the dead bat last week. She offered each student who touched the bat a sanitary wipe.

The exposed students will receive six shots of anti-rabies vaccine.

Stevensville Elementary School officials say they will use liability insurance to pay up to $70,000 for the exposed children to be vaccinated. The overall cost could surpass $150,000.

The school has since set a policy requiring that anyone visiting the school obtain a visitor pass.

Sounds like a nightmare to us . . . just in time for Halloween.

But in all seriousness, BoardBuzz is glad to hear that the kids will all be okay, and still a little dismayed by the senseless actions of the parent.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).