Our school nurses’ primary role is to promote good health for our district’s students. Our nurses are valued members of our educational team, enhancing students’ potential to attend school, participate in class, and learn. They join the district in striving to achieve our vision of collaboratively creating a safe, respectful, and caring environment that fosters student learning.

Because all school nurses and staff need to know how to handle the day-to-day and emergency management of students with specific medical conditions, we ask parents to share this information at student registration and update it as needed.

To safeguard the school community from the spread of certain communicable diseases and recognizing that prevention is key, the Board of Education requires all students to be immunized.   The immunization policy may be found here.

Students must be up to date with all immunizations required by law. The school principal may remove a student from school or establish a deadline for meeting requirements if a student does not have the necessary immunizations or an authorized exemption.

As we return to the school year, students are often in close contact with others. We love our students sharing, but unfortunately, that includes germs that can often make them feel unhealthy. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is caused by viruses that easily get passed around. It is usually mild, and your child can come to school unless they have a fever, are drooling and have mouth sores, have open blisters, or are not well enough to participate in class.

 

If you have questions about this, please contact the school nurse or your child’s healthcare provider. The CDC also provides valuable information as well: https://www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mouth/index.html.

Con el regreso al año escolar, los estudiantes suelen estar en contacto cercano con otros. Nos encanta que nuestros estudiantes compartan, pero lamentablemente, esto incluye gérmenes que a menudo pueden hacerles sentir mal. La enfermedad de manos, pies y boca es causada por virus que se transmiten fácilmente. Generalmente es leve, y su hijo/a puede asistir a la escuela a menos que tenga fiebre, babeo, llagas en la boca, ampollas abiertas o no se encuentre lo suficientemente bien como para participar en clase.

Si tiene alguna pregunta al respecto, comuníquese con la enfermera de la escuela o con el proveedor de atención médica de su hijo/a. Los CDC también ofrecen información valiosa: https://www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mouth/index.html.