Health Office

HEALTH CONDITIONS: If your child has an underlying or chronic health condition, please request a chronic health condition form, to be completed by a physician. Also, let us know when your child has a significant injury or visits an urgent care/emergency room during nonschool hours so we can follow-up and monitor during the school day.

ILLNESS/INJURY: If your child becomes ill or injured during the school day he/she can be seen and evaluated by the school nurse, or on occasion, a substitute nurse. The health office staff will contact you, if needed, about your child’s illness/injury. If we are unable to reach a parent, we will contact persons listed on the student’s emergency contact list.

To prevent spread of illnesses/conditions and to help reduce overall absences, DO NOT send your child to school with the following:

• Fever of 100 degrees or higher within 24 hours of the start of the school day
• Vomiting or diarrhea episode(s) during the night or in the morning before school
• Persistent cough, large amount of nasal drainage, discolored nasal drainage
• Unidentified or contagious rash or open, draining sores

If a student is sent home for any of the reasons above they may not return to school for at least 24 hours.

If a student has a fever, he/she must be fever free (with no medication) for 24 hours before returning to school.

MEDICATION: A parent/guardian must provide and deliver to the Health Office any medication (prescription and/or over-the-counter) a child might need during the school day. The medication must be in its original packaging; if it is prescription medication, the pharmacy label must be attached. You will need to complete and sign a medication administration form for each medication you provide. Per district policy (with very few exceptions - such as diabetic supplies, some inhalers and EpiPens), students may not have any medication in their possession on campus; all medication must be kept in the health office.

All medications provided for a student must be picked-up from the nurse at the end of the school year. We cannot store medication for the following school year.