What is a child to do if he/she becomes ill during the day and has to visit the office, and/or the nurses room, etc.?
If a child becomes ill they will be sent to the office. The building secretary will check if the nurse is available. If the nurse is in another building, the secretary will either call or have the student sign in. The building secretary may do the following:
Administer bandage
Give ice pack
Check standing orders, possibly give Children's Tylenol
Clean and deal with nose bleed
Call the nurse
Take name of the teacher so that the nurse can follow up when she arrives.
Contact the school principal if situation calls for it.
The building secretary may decide to call parents depending on the situation.
Is there access to a school nurse? What times during the course of the day is the nurse available?
A Registered Nurse covers all three buildings Monday through Friday, 8 am until 4 pm. She carries a cell phone and thus can be reached by building secretaries immediately if needed.
How do I, as a parent, contact the school nurse?
The nurse can be reached by contacting your child's building secretary.
What if a child is to ride a different bus in the evening - What is the procedure?
STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CHANGE BUSES UNLESS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY. For the school district, an emergency would be a situation in which a student needs to be supervised by another family. An emergency is NOT a situation in which students want to work on homework together or spend the night with a friend. All changes must be made through the school office in the form of a note from parents. Notes can be submitted to the office and the secretary will contact the bus company for approval. This procedure will aid bus drivers in locating students, reducing overcrowding, and handling discipline problems.
In Building #2 (Grades Pre K through 2) the following procedures will be followed:
Give the building office written information as to the change, the bus company will be notified by phone of the changes (in case there is not room on the other bus).
Building office staff will give the student a bus note, the student is not allowed to make the bus change without a note from the office.
The office will not give a bus note without hearing from the parent/guardian.
How will medication be dispensed at school? Where should medication be delivered - to the teacher, the nurse, the office?