DAILY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS

● Conjunctivitis (pink eye) – This is highly contagious. Teachers must be diligent in watching for other cases when one occurs in the classroom. Prescription eye drops must be used for a full 24 hours or provide other written notification from their physician before reentering the school.

● COVID - Students who test positive for Covid should stay home until they are feeling better. They may return to school as long as their symptoms are improving and they have been fever free for 24 hours without any fever reducing medications. Please inform the Nurse or office and receive guidance from the healthroom, if needed.

● Hand Foot Mouth- This is a contagious viral infection that is mostly contagious during the first week.

Symptoms include fever, mouth sore and skin rash on hands and feet. Child may return to school after fever free for 24 hours and is well enough to be at school.

● Influenza- a student that tests positive for influenza needs to stay home and not return to school until 24 hours fever free without any fever reducing medications. Please inform the Nurse or office and receive guidance from the healthroom, if needed.

● Lice (Pediculosis) – If a student has an active case of head lice (which is defined as having lice within ¼ inch of the scalp), the parent or guardian will be notified so that the student may be picked up from school. After proper treatment with an anti-parasitic shampoo, the student may return to school, reporting first to the Nurse’s office. The Nurse will perform a head check and if the student no longer has an active case of head lice, he/she can return immediately to class. If the student continues to display an active case, the student must return home for additional treatments.

● Streptococcal Disease (including Strep Throat) – Excluded until 24 hours after the appropriate antibiotic has begun and they have been fever free for 24 hours without any fever reducing medications.

● Ringworm and Impetigo – Excluded until under medical treatment by a physician or affected areas are covered.

Dispensing Medication In order to ensure the safety of all students using shared classroom space, it is required that all medications are administered by the nurse or authorized personnel in the office. If a child needs any medication during school hours (prescription or non-prescription) the parents must send the medication to the nurse to be held in the office, labeled and with directions. Students should not be carrying medications of any kind with them throughout the school day.

DAILY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS

All daily prescription medication given at school must have a School Authorization Medication Form filled out by your healthcare provider before the medication can be given to the student. The authorization form can be found in SchoolDoc. The responsibilities of the parents are: ● Obtain and upload to SchoolDoc.com a School Authorization Medication Form signed by the doctor and parent. A new form is submitted each year.