There is a list of reportable diseases physicians must report to the South Dakota Department of Health. But they say parents aren't required to report any disease to their child's school district.

And that's got some parents worried. Lynn Beehler has a 6th grader daughter at Axtell Park Middle School. She said she heard about the MRSA outbreak at O'Gorman and it got her researching it more. She says she knows lots of illnesses go unreported in the schools.

Lynn Beehler says, "A lot of parents will send their kids to school if they have bronchitis, meningitis, pneumonia, whatever. They send their kids to school."

She says she would notify the school if her daughter had any type of contagious disease and she expects other parents would do the same.

Lynn Beehler says, "Yes, I think the parents and the school has a right to know so they can protect their children. I know I would want my child protected."

But if you look on the list of reportable diseases, you won't find the skin-infection type of MRSA. The Department of Health says it's not as serious as the invasive, or in the bloodstream type of MRSA. Department of Health officials say they're confident with proper hand washing and covering of cuts, students will be protected.

But Beehler doesn't like knowing things go unreported. She says she understands family privacy, but says it's different when it affects others.

Lynn Beehler says, "If they have to report it to the state, then they should have to report it to the school. That's the way I see it."

The Department of Health says they expect parents to talk to their physicians about any health concerns and the physicians will work with the South Dakota Health Department to determine whether or not other students or staff need to notified.