Posted on March 2, 2009 by Debbie Ausburn

E. coli Breakout at Day Care Center

You never want an article about your day care center to begin, ""Twenty-one children and one adult have contracted E. coli."  You particularly don't want it to note that the outbreak was "linked to a lack of handwashing."

At least the day care has taken responsibility for sanitizing the center,  and is trying to reimburse parents for out-of-pocket medical costs and expenses of having to stay home with their children.  Even if it were only a PR move, it would still be the right thing to do.

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Posted on February 1, 2009 by Debbie Ausburn

Successful Evacuation

It is nice to be able to post about a day care center that did everything right when faced with a bomb threat. The director of a day care center in Jacksonville Beach arrived at work to find a note on her desk saying that there was a bomb in the school.  Donna Jordan called the police, then evacuated the center.  

Because she and the staff conduct monthly fire drills, the children thought it was a drill and no one became alarmed.  While the police took their bomb-sniffing dog through the facility, Jordan took the younger children to a nearby bakery.  "They thought they were on a field trip," Jordan said.  Police found no bomb and are investigating the note.

Hat tip: Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog

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