Health Office
Guidelines for Students with Symptoms of Illness
Please be certain that your child’s Online “Emergency” Card lists at least one adult living in the area who would be willing to assume responsibility for your sick or injured child during school hours. Also, we recommend that you check with local hospitals regarding pre-arranged programs at their locations to care for ill children.
|
Symptom |
Keep Your Child Home If: |
May Return to School When: |
|---|---|---|
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Fever |
Student currently has a fever (temperature > 101 degrees F) or has had a fever in the last 24 hours |
He/she has been fever-free for 24 hours without taking fever reducing medication like Tylenol or Advil |
|
Runny Nose |
Excessive drainage or thick, dark mucous |
Symptoms resolved or released by physician |
|
Cough |
Persistent cough, coughing up phlegm, cough sounds like a bark or is accompanied by a sore throat or wheezing |
Symptoms resolved or released by physician (unless associated with a known health condition, i.e. asthma) |
|
Sore Throat |
Sore throat with tender swollen glands or fever |
Symptoms resolved or released by physician. If strep throat, 24 hours after antibiotic has been started |
|
Nausea, Vomiting, or Diarrhea |
Two or more episodes of vomiting or diarrhea, or has had one in the past 24 hours and feels tired or ill |
Symptom free for 24 hours |
|
Rash |
If the rash blisters, develops pus or is uncomfortable, accompanied by fever, behavioral change, or suspicious for communicable disease (i.e. chicken pox, measles) |
When released by physician |
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Eyes with Redness, Itching, Pain, Swelling, or Discharge |
Pink or red conjunctiva (whites of the eyes) with white or yellow eye mucous drainage (LAUSD) |
Symptoms resolved or released by physician. After treatment has begun if diagnosis is bacterial conjunctivitis |
Student Health and Medication
These policies are for the protection of all children.
- Notes from family physician indicating extent of injury and restrictions of physical activities.
- Written release by parent.
- Approval of the principal.
* Students wearing casts or braces must remain at the lunch benches or school office during recess and lunches.
Policies Regarding Medication at School
According to the California State Education Code, definite procedures must be followed with regard to taking medication, including over-the-counter medicines such as aspirin, at school.
Any pupil who is required to take medication during the school day must present:
- A written statement from the physician stating the time, amount and method by which medication is to be taken. If the medicine is in a prescription bottle with all the information and instructions, a physician’s note is not necessary.
- A written statement from the parent or guardian of the pupil granting that the physician’s orders be carried out.
This policy applies to all medicine, including cough drops and aspirin. Any medication that is brought to school must be properly labeled and accompanied by the required form.
All medication must be brought to the office. No medication is to be kept in the classroom, lunch box, or backpack. It is the student’s responsibility to come to the office to take the medication at the designated times. A parent or guardian may come to the school and give it to the child directly under the supervision of the health office.
The Health Office is open daily and our Health Clerks are Tralelda Chase and Gina Hollandsworth (x-2583).
If your child needs medicine at school, please bring the medication to the health office and complete the following form(s):
- Authorization for Medicine at School
- Physician's Authorization for Management of Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Auto-injector Administration at School
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