Infectious Disease Response - Procedures

• ECS works closely with the School District’s Health Services Specialist and Support
Services department to provide infectious disease response services to schools and
ancillary facilities

• School Nurses monitor illness at school centers on a daily basis and follow a Florida
Department of Health (FDOH) protocol for reporting illness including infectious disease
incidents. FDOH epidemiology specialists review information provided by school
nurses and act accordingly

• The School District has a strong, successful professional relationship with FDOH and
immediately acts upon their official outbreak declarations using our Communicable
Disease Outbreak Reporting Guidelines for Palm Beach County School Health
Program

• The School District has internal custodial and food service sanitizing procedures that
are activated in response to official FDOH outbreaks

• ECS has five environmental consultants and six environmental contractors available
to provide Infectious Disease response services

High-performing A-rated District 4

Infectious Disease Response – Current
Preparations
•District leadership updating Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)

•Pandemic Influenza Supplement (PISUP) under revision

•School Police coordinating with Palm Beach County – Emergency

Operations

•School District communicating with Florida Department of Health (FDOH)

and monitoring CDC communications for Coronavirus updates

•Palm Beach County School Board and Palm Beach County Board of County
Commissioner joint meeting on March 10, 2020

High-performing A-rated District 6