The
mission of Community Unit School District 95 is to inspire
all students to be passionate, continuous learners and to
prepare them with the skills to achieve their goals and
flourish as responsible, caring citizens in a global
community.
Daily Illness Information for
Attendance Day
Friday, November 20, 2009
Percent of Student Absences (based on total school enrollment)
School
Total Enrollment
Absence (all reasons)
Flu-Like
Illness
Isaac Fox
586
4.9%
1.2%
May Whitney
565
3.9%
0.9%
Sarah Adams
439
4.8%
2.7%
Seth Paine
438
2.1%
0.7%
Spencer Loomis
523
2.7%
0.0%
Middle School North
749
5.1%
0.0%
Middle School South
689
2.9%
0.3%
Lake Zurich High School
2213
3.4%
0.8%
Totals (District)
6202
3.7%
0.8%
Because CUSD95 values transparent
communication, this information reports the daily percentage of
absences by school based on general illness as well as flu-like
illness. The school district appreciates the cooperation of
parents, who accurately report the reason their child is absent
on a given day. This information allows our school nurses and
community members to monitor the percentage of students in each
school who are absent due to illness.
In accordance with the Lake County Department of Health, each
school will also notify parents of elementary-age students when
five or more students in a child's classroom are absent due to
an influenza-like illness on a given day. This classroom update
will be provided every two weeks if five or more additional students
continue to be absent each day in that particular elementary
classroom.
Because middle and high school students have a greater number of
classmates and classes, the Department of Health acknowledges
the challenge of communicating absence information by grade or
class to middle and high school parents. For this reason, CUSD95
will notify families if their school building has an illness absence rate
of 10 percent or greater. Also, the data above provides daily
total absences by school so parents can make informed
decisions regarding the attendance of their child.
For more resources concerning flu-like illness in CUSD95
schools, please visit the district's nursing website at
CUSD95_Health_News.htm
Information provided by:
Andrea Bonkowski RN, Il. CSN
Lake Zurich CUSD95
Supervising District Certified School Nurse
Student Illness
Report
