Colchester School District believes that when possible, medications should be administered by families in the home. The district recognizes that some students will need to take medications during the regular school day. 

• Medications must be brought to school by a family member in a container labeled by the pharmacy or physician. For safety reasons, no medication should be brought in by the student. 

• Prescription medications require both a physician order and parent permission to be administered at school. 

Medications will be stored in a secure, locked location and will be administered by the school nurse or the nurse's designee according to the district's defined procedures.  Individual considerations will be given to students who must keep medication with him/her/them at all times (i.e., Epipen, insulin, or inhalers). Medications must be kept in a secure place and staff should be notified when used. Anyone found not to be responsible for the safekeeping and use of medications will have to keep medication locked in the nurse’s office and it will be administered by the school nurse or the nurse’s designee.

The health office stocks a basic supply of over the counter medication. These are able to be administered by the nurse, if indicated, according to the package instructions and with parent permission obtained at registration

Parents are asked to keep their child home if they displays any of the following conditions:

● A fever above 100 in the last 24 hours

● Vomiting or diarrhea in the last 24 hours

● An unexpected rash

● A cough that does not stop

● A contagious infection that has not been treated

Your child may return to school when they are: 

• Fever-free without medicine (e.g. acetaminophen or ibuprofen) for 24 hours.

• 24 hours after they stop vomiting or having diarrhea.

• If your child has an infection requiring antibiotics, for example strep throat, he/she/they can return to school 24 hours after they begin antibiotics.

Please contact the nurse if your child is being treated for an infection. Children sent to school with these or similar conditions may be dismissed from school.