Illness – Parent/Guardian Responsibility

Parents are responsible for ensuring that children who are sick stay home from school.  If your child is ill, please keep him/her at home.  School Policy states that children with a temperature of 100 or above must be kept home from school until they are fever free without medication (less than 99.8) for twenty-four hours. If a child becomes too ill to remain in school, the School Nurse will notify the parent to pick up the child and to take the child home.  Children with communicable diseases (such as chicken pox or pink eye) may not return to school until they are no longer contagious.  If a child has a communicable disease, please be sure to notify the School Nurse at 753-8925/6472.

When your child returns to school after being absent due to illness, you are required to send a note to his/her teacher stating the specific type of illness. Unless specifically stated by a physician, children returning to school must go outside for recess. Parents are reminded that proper dress for weather conditions will help prevent illness.

Should your child need to take prescription medicine during school hours, please contact the School Nurse.  Only the School Nurse can administer prescribed medication. Teachers and the school clerical staff are not authorized to administer any medication.  Children are not authorized to carry any medication during the school day. No medication will be dispensed unless the nurse has a Hold-Harmless letter signed by the physician. Medication is kept in a locked cabinet. For more information call the School Nurse at 753-8925/6472.