Yes, the school has been informed that a student has been identified with the virus. State regulations say that once chickenpox has been identified in a school unvaccinated students cannot attend school or school activities until the incubation period has passed. This is for their protection - but it's also for the protection of immunocompromised students who may not have the option of relying on vaccination for protection, and so need an environment as free of the disease as possible. The decision not to vaccinate does not only affect the person who isn't vaccinated - it makes them a potential source of infection for others.
One of my kids was immunocompromised through his schooling - he could not have most vaccines, and if he got sick, it could be much more serious than normal - even life threatening. I do believe people have the right not to have their kids vaccinated - but I don't think that right trumps my son's right to life.
While I understand your concern for your son, why should the whole world be penalized when your son could just stay home in a safer environment?
There is no right answer to this as someone will be deprived of something somewhere along the line. But it seems to me that if it’s a choice of one person staying home or 33 people staying home, the one should stay home. He didn’t do anything wrong, they didn’t do anything wrong, but someone has to stay home. May as well make the damages as minimal as possible.
Both of my children are immunocompromised. I thought that it was *my* responsibility to protect them, so I homeschooled.
It never occurred to me that 2,000 other kids had to have *their* parents’ rights trampled in order to protect my fragile offspring.