January 2012

All parents of children entering the school district for the first time and in grades K, 2 and 4 have been notified by mail if they have NOT yet submitted their child’s physical exam paperwork from their physician. If you have an upcoming appointment or wish your child to have a school physical with one of our district physicians, please send back the form you received via mail with your preference. NYS law mandates these grade levels for physicals. Therefore, any child without the proper information on file will be signed up for a physical with the district physician after the new year. Call Nurse Hodges with any questions or concerns.

Medication At School

Occasionally a pupil is able to attend school only if medication can be administered during school hours. In such cases, the school nurse, or another member of the school staff, who has been properly instructed, may administer the medication as long as all of the following conditions are satisfied:

• A written request from the family physician must be on file in the school indicating the medication,
its frequency and dosage, observable symptoms indicating an emergency, and the duration
of the order.
• A written request must also be on file in the school from the person in parental relationship to
the child requesting the administration of the medication as specified by the family physician.
• An adequate supply of medication, syringes and needles must be delivered directly to the
school nurse/teacher by the person in parental relationship to the child.
• The medication must be kept in the health office, in a locked cabinet.
Health Issues
 

In an effort to control illness/communicable diseases, we ask for your cooperation by following
these guidelines:
• Do not send your child to school with a fever (100 degrees or higher).
• Do not send your child to school until he/she has been fever-free for 24 hours, to ensure that
your child is free of infection.
• Do not send your child to school if he/she has been vomiting or has had diarrhea during the
night and/or early morning hours.
• If your physician is considering streptococcal infection, and a throat culture has been taken,
DO NOT send your child to school until the results are known.
• When your child has a positive throat culture, he/she should have at least 24 hours of an antibiotic
prior to returning to school.
• Do not send your child to school if he/she has a rash or any other symptoms of a communicable
disease or infectious condition. Unexplained rashes need to be diagnosed by a physician before
the child is allowed to return to school.

A note from the main office

We are so fortunate to have Nurse Hodges to care for our students when they become ill or injured at school. While she is a registered nurse, she is not licensed to make medical diagnoses or treat injuries that occur off school premises in the evenings or on weekends. These injuries need to be diagnosed and treated by your child's physician before he or she returns to school. Mrs. Hodges is then able to follow the directives provided by the physician's medical orders if care needs to be given at school with regard to the illness or injury. Thank you for your cooperation with this matter. If you have additional questions, please feel free to call the main office.