Health (Nurse and Medication)

Grey Stamey , School Nurse 

The school nurse is located in the administration office and is available during student school hours. The Nurse’s responsibilities include administering medication with a doctor’s order, identifying students with chronic health problems and developing safe plans for them to manage at school, caring for students who become sick or injured at school, communicating with parents concerning health problems and helping to link them with community resources and make medical referrals to best meet their healthcare needs, and providing education to promote healthy lifestyles for the entire school community. 

No medication may be given at school without the appropriate forms completed and signed by the child’s attending physician and a parent.

To provide the best environment for your child’s learning experience and to protect the health of others, send your child to school feeling well. Should symptoms of any oncoming illness be displayed, keep your child home for observation. Call the school to indicate that your child will not be in school. 

Never send a child to school with a fever, with a cloudy discharge from the nose, earache, or with stomach/intestinal distress. If your child contracts a contagious disease, please notify the school office, so that other children in that classroom can be observed more closely. Return your child to school only after all infectious and contagious symptoms have resolved (NO FEVER FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS WITH NO MEDICATION). 

• When your child returns to school, send a written note, signed by the parent/legal guardian indicating the days of the child’s absence and the reason for the absence. 

• When a child becomes ill at school, he/she is referred to the school nurse. The nurse will make the preliminary determination on whether the child needs to go home. When called, the parent should make

• arrangements immediately for the student to be taken home. 

• No medication can be given to a student without the written permission of the physician. This includes over the counter medication such as Advil, Benadryl, Pepto-Bismol, etc. A specific form must be completed by the physician, signed by the parent and brought or faxed to the school. 

• Students who are found to have live lice will be sent to the nurse to confirm the diagnosis. If lice are found parents will be called to pick up the students.  

• School areas (classroom, bus, etc.) will be cleaned as soon as possible.  

• Children who have lice or nits may return to school after proof of treatment and will be rechecked by the nurse upon arrival to school. This is a Cabarrus County Schools Policy.  Students must be accompanied by parents for recheck and should not use school transportation until cleared by the school nurse.

Visit the school health page by following the link under the Student Services tab.

 Contact the school nurse for any questions or concerns. Her office hours are M-F 8:00-3:30