BOARDMAN A woman was arrested at a Boardman childcare center after a dispute with staff who declined to admit one of her children due to a contagious illness.

Boardman Police Officers were dispatched to a daycare on Boardman-Poland Road on Tuesday afternoon for a report of an argument between a parent and staff.

A teacher told officers that the disagreement stemmed from the daycare’s decision not to let the woman’s children stay at the facility for the day. The teacher told police that the decision was made because one of the children had contracted hand, foot, and mouth illness, and the staff was concerned about it being contagious and spreading within the facility.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes hand, foot, and mouth disease as a common, very contagious illness. It typically affects infants and children under 5 years old and usually causes fever, painful sores in the mouth, and a rash on the hands and feet. The illness is not usually serious, and most people recover in 7 to 10 days.

The disease is spread easily from person to person through close contact, such as hugging or kissing. It can also spread through contact with respiratory droplets from an infected person's cough or sneeze, or by touching contaminated objects and then touching the eyes, nose, or mouth. An infected person is most likely to spread the disease during the first week of illness.

After running the woman’s information through law enforcement databases, police found that she had two active warrants: one from the Campbell Police Department for failure to appear, and another from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office for a probation violation.

The woman was placed under arrest and taken to the Mahoning County Jail.

She had five children with her, and with permission from the daycare owner, the children were permitted to stay at the facility until a relative could pick them up, along with the car.