Notes from the Nurse

Illness:

If your child has signs of illness at the beginning of the school day, check his/her temperature;  keep you child home if his/her temperature  is 100 degrees Fahrenheit or greater.  The child should not return to school until the temperature is below 100 degrees for 24 hours.  If a child has diarrhea or vomiting, they should not return to school until 24 hours after it has stopped.  Sending sick children to school is hard on them and can expose others to contagious illnesses.  When a child has a communicable disease, the school nurse must be notified so that the parents of classmates can be informed.  After beginning an antibiotic, your child must remain at home for a full 24 hours before they are considered noncontagious.

Emergency Contact:

If a child needs to go home during the school day due to illness or injury, parents need to be reached.  To facilitate this process, it is imperative that adequate phone numbers are provided when the emergency form is completed.  Please include the name of both parents and the numbers where they may be reached. It is very important to keep the emergency form current.  Please notify the school of any changes.

Medication Policy:

The Saint Paul Public School District policy is that all medication taken by a student at school must be under direct adult supervision.  Before the school nurse or any delegate may administer medication of any kind to a student, a permission form signed by a physician is needed and the parent must also give written consent.  All medications must be brought in a bottle currently labeled by a physician or pharmacy.

Consent forms are available from the school nurse and must be renewed each school year or each time a medication is changed during the school year.  A parent / guardian may come to school and administer medication to his/her child without a consent form.