Youth tuberculosis case spurs testing in Cushing

Not wanting to start rumors but has anyone got info, that is I heard that this was detected long before it was made public that the school system and/or others delayed the release of this information to avoid causing panic to avoid diminished attendence at the end of the school year.

Terrible Thing wrote:

Not wanting to start rumors but has anyone got info, that is I heard that this was detected long before it was made public that the school system and/or others delayed the release of this information to avoid causing panic to avoid diminished attendence at the end of the school year.

Most everything here is kept quiet.

yes this was withheld by the cushing public school. the school was informed when the parents withdrew the boy from school, yet failed to inform anyone. i know this for a fact.

Terrible Thing wrote:

Not wanting to start rumors but has anyone got info, that is I heard that this was detected long before it was made public that the school system and/or others delayed the release of this information to avoid causing panic to avoid diminished attendence at the end of the school year.

Lorie wrote:

yes this was withheld by the cushing public school. the school was informed when the parents withdrew the boy from school, yet failed to inform anyone. i know this for a fact.
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Well, thanks. One of my neighbors told me as much and I figured the way things work around here it was so. Another case of politics or $$$ taking precedence over the welfare of the people. Things will never change around here.

Things will change when people who don't care actualy vote and want change. People with schoolage children don't show up for school board meetings, 500 people voted in the last city election out of a town of over 8,000, and for their own safety very few folks show up for city council meetings. People in Cushing gave up a long time ago and if you do stand up for your rights you better watch your back. The 50's throwback good ole boy cult is alive and well. You might as well live in Iran.

Fred Buck wrote:

Things will change when people who don't care actualy vote and want change. People with schoolage children don't show up for school board meetings, 500 people voted in the last city election out of a town of over 8,000, and for their own safety very few folks show up for city council meetings. People in Cushing gave up a long time ago and if you do stand up for your rights you better watch your back. The 50's throwback good ole boy cult is alive and well. You might as well live in Iran.

That's the truth! You nailed it!

I wonder if every member of schoolboard signed off on this?

They need to test every high school student...how do they determine who is getting tested?

Why were all the parents not notified...it is summer and the kids are on vacations and how many more could be diagnosed with TB

This is another result of unrestricted illegal immigration bringing back deseases america had eradicated. Small pox is also beginning to show up. What else is our government allowing to come into america?

Every person who holds or seeks to hold a city or state postion should protect, defend, and serve the common good. Welcome to the crossroads of place time forgot...