Health Service and Medication

General Information

• Minor first aid will be administered by school personnel. As necessary, Fort Worth emergency services will be contacted. Parents are required to sign a form authorizing emergency care that identifies the physician and hospital preferred in the event that the parents cannot be reached. Parents are responsible to enter and update the medical information on FACTS SIS to keep these records current and accurate.

• A student who exhibits any symptoms of a contagious disease or infection, including fever of 100 degrees or above, will be sent home from school. Parents must make arrangements for an immediate pick-up.  The child may not return to school or attend any extra-curricular activities for 24 hours after symptoms have subsided without medication, or a note from a doctor is provided.

• The school will conduct visual, hearing, and scoliosis screenings of students each year as required by law. Parents will be notified if the screening indicates further examination might be needed.

• In accordance with the state laws, immunizations records must be kept current and submitted prior to student's first day of attendance.

• LCCS does not allow a student to stay on campus with evidence of either adult lice or nits (eggs) in the hair. When evidence of head lice is found, parents will be required to pick up students immediately. We will then conduct a head check of other students in the class to prevent any infestation from spreading. This will always be done as discreetly as possible.

Medications

• State law requires that any medications, including acetaminophen and ibuprofen, that a student takes must be accompanied by written permission and instruction from the parents.  The School Nurse will provide limited over-the-counter medications with this permission and a notice will be sent home.

• Prescription medications for all students must be sent to the school in original pharmacy containers. Medication needed by student during the day must be kept in the school office with the pharmacy label giving the name of the doctor, the student’s name, the medication and the dosage. Expired medications will not be given.

• Elementary students with asthma or life-threatening allergies will provide an inhaler/epi-pen to be kept in the class first-aid bag that will stay with the student at all times.  Middle and High School students with these conditions must keep inhalers/epi-pens on their person at all times.