Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the district's COVID Mitigation Strategies outlined for the 2023-24 school year.
Oakhurst has a full-time nurse who attends to the immediate needs of sick and injured children. The staff at Oakhurst works to maintain a healthy environment to decrease transmission of communicable disease by frequent, thorough hand-washing, by cleaning/sanitizing surfaces, and by assessing children who appear ill. We follow sickness guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Please keep your child home if they exhibit the following symptoms:
Fever of 100oF or higher
Diarrhea
Vomiting
Severe Coughing
Eye discharge- mucus or pus draining from the eye or pink eye
Change in behavior- lethargy, inability to focus
Each student should have an accurate, up-to-date Health Information Form on file with the nurse in the clinic. The Health Information Form is mailed or included in the back-to-school packet from each school. In addition, a current 3231 Immunization Form or notarized waiver is required. If your child has any ongoing medical conditions (asthma, seizures, allergies, diabetes), please submit a Care Plan completed by his/her healthcare provider.
Medications (including over-the-counter) can be administered to students with parental permission. The permission form can be downloaded and printed from the Health section of our school website. Prescription medications must be brought to school in the original container labeled with the student’s name, date, name of medication, name of prescribing physician, dosage, time(s) the medication is to be given, and name of pharmacy filling the prescription. OTC medications shall be sent to school in the original manufacturer’s container. The manufacturer’s label must include the name of the medication (brand or generic), strength of medication and instructions for use.
In accordance with the CDC, students diagnosed with head lice will not be sent home early from school. They should return to school after appropriate treatment has begun. Head lice can be a nuisance, but they do not spread disease. Personal hygiene or cleanliness in the home or school has nothing to do with getting head lice. Please check your child’s hair frequently and alert Nurse Durham or the classroom teacher if your child has lice.
Oakhurst strives to create a safe learning environment by reducing the risk of exposure to allergens, including providing allergy-aware tables in the cafeteria, enforcing a no food sharing policy and teaching proper hand washing protocols. Regardless of the steps we take, we are unable to guarantee a totally allergen-free environment. We are, however, an allergy-aware school. Each year our staff is trained on the symptoms of an allergic reaction and how to respond to an allergy emergency (including how to administer epinephrine when appropriate). All students are provided allergy education. Finally, we encourage students to be advocates for their health and to recognize and report any symptoms of an allergic reaction. Please contact Nurse Durham if your child has a notable allergy. An Allergy Care Plan completed by your child’s healthcare provider will be kept on file at school.