When to keep your child at home

Trying to decide if your child is sick and needs to stay home is a tough decision. Below are a few guidelines which may help you to decide. Remember if you had to give Tylenol or Advil for a fever the night before or during the night, you need to keep your child home the next day. Also if they were vomiting or had diarrhea, they will need to stay home the next day. If Tylenol brings down a fever, the child is still considered contagious until they have been free of fever, vomiting, or diarrhea for 24 hours without the ues of medication. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me.

• Temperatore of 99.4 or higher during the past 24 hours.

• Vomiting or diarrhea during the night or before school.

• Contagious diseases such as chickenpox, strep throat, pink eye, or any unexplained rash.

• Students may return to school after 24 hours of antibiotic therapy for strep throat or pink eye.

Medication Dispensed at School

f it becomes necessary for a student to take any form of medication at school, a signed note from a parent or the Permission for Prescribed Medication form must be presented to the office. All medications will be kept in and dispensed through the main office. If a student is required to take the prescription on a routine basis (i.e. more than two weeks consecutive) then Permission for Prescribed Medication form shall be completed by doctor and returned to school nurse. If a student requires an inhaler to be carried with him at all times, Permission for Prescribed Medication form needs to be completed by doctor that states student is capable and responsible for self-administration of this medication.

All prescription medicine should be in the original prescription bottle and clearly labeled indicating the frequency and the dosage to be administered. If possible only the doses to be given during school hours should be brought to school. This medicine should be taken to the office and given to the secretary or school nurse.

Aspirin will be given if the parents provide the aspirin with the child’s name on the aspirin bottle. Parents must also send a note with the aspirin indicating that the school has permission to administer the aspirin to the child. The school will follow the prescribed dosage that the parent indicates in the note.

Parents may give the child permission to have Tylenol or Advil for minor aches and pains by signing the release form or the Permission Form for Prescribed Medication. Dosage will be at the parents discretion or appropriate dosage for student age and weight.