School Health Policies

• Signs of severe illness, including fever, irritability, difficulty breathing, crying that doesn’t stop with the usual comforting, or extreme sleepiness.
• Diarrhea 
• Stools that contain blood or mucus.
• Vomiting two or more times in 24 hours, unless a physician feels the cause of vomiting is not an infectious disease and the child is in no danger of becoming dehydrated. A child should have one or two meals without vomiting before returning to school. Your child may be sent home from school for vomiting one time.
• Temperature of 100 degrees or above (must have temperature below 100 degrees for 24 hours before returning to schoolwithout taking a fever reducing medication).
• Questionable rash until a physician has determined the rash is not caused by an infectious disease.
• Known communicable disease must be treated for the appropriate amount of time as directed by a physician.
• Recommendation of a physician or school nurse

The district shall not purchase oral nonprescription medication for students beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. In order for students to receive districtapproved oral nonprescription medication (Tylenol, Advil, Benadryl, Tums, Cough Drops, & Throat Strips) while at school, the parent/guardian must complete & sign the Request for Administration of Medication form & send the age appropriate medication to school in the original container (smallest container available) & must be properly labeled. The nurse may give up to 10 doses of the district approved oral nonprescription medications. When students take 10 doses of a medication, the parent/guardian will be notified a doctor’s note will be needed in order to continue to give the student the medication.

All other nonprescription medications must have a doctor’s note and must be in the original container & must be properly labeled. The parent/guardian must complete & sign the Request for Administration of Medication form & send the medication to school.

All prescription medication that cannot be scheduled for other than school hours may be given at school. We must receive a completed & signed Request for Administration of Medication form from the parent/guardian. The medication must be in the original container & must be properly labeled.

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