HEALTH
INFORMATION Students
will be given temporary care in the event of illness or injury during
the school hours. If your
child has a medical problem, please make sure that the school is informed. It
is important that correct telephone numbers (home, work, mobile, pager,
and emergency) are on file in the office and health room. The
following guidelines should be used to help determine when your child
should stay home from school due to illness.
These guidelines will also help the nurse decide when to send the
student home from school. ·
Temperature of 100
or above (measure when no
anti-fever medication given) (exclude
until fever subsides; a student must be fever-free for 24 hours before
readmission.) ·
Undetermined rash (recommend
exclusion and readmit after rash is gone or with approval of physician) ·
Ringworm of the scalp
(exclude and readmit after treatment has begun) ·
Diarrhea ·
Vomiting two or more
times in 24 hours (unless a physician feels the cause of vomiting is not
an infectious disease or child is in no danger of becoming dehydrated) ·
Red eyes with discharge
or crusting around eyes (may exclude and readmit after effective medical
treatment and approval of physician) ·
Live head lice (exclude
and readmit after one effective treatment has been given) ·
Jaundice ·
Communicable diseases
listed by Department of State Health Services. There will be no medication of any kind given to the
student unless there is written authorization from the parent, signed
and dated. All prescription
drugs must be in the original prescription bottle with instructions on
the label. All other medications
must be in the original container as well as accompanied by a parent note
with complete instructions for proper and safe administration. Dose and
frequency cannot exceed package directions without a physician's order.
Medications that will be given for more than 5 days must also have a written
physician's order. All medications
must be stored and dispensed from the health room. Parents must give written
permission for the student to transport medication to and from school.
ALL
IMMUNIZATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT. A list of required immunizations can be
obtained from your school nurse or from the LISD website at www.lisd.net.
Click on Departments and then click on Student Health Services
to find a link to the immunization website through the Department of State
Health Services. Please refer
specific questions to your campus nurse. Students will be screened for
vision, hearing, spinal, and acanthosis nigricans at scheduled intervals. If your child cannot participate in PE or
is unable to go outside during recess, a note must be sent to the homeroom
teacher stating restrictions and the number of days for the restriction.
If restricted for more than three days in a row, a doctor's excuse may
be necessary. |
