SCHOOL NURSE
The nurse’s office always available for students who are genuinely sick or injured.
Students who are late to school must report to the Office for a pass before reporting to their scheduled classes. If the student arrives to school after 8:15 a.m he/she must be signed in by a Parent/Guardian. A doctors, legal, or religious note may be used as an excuse for the Lateness (tardiness). Unexcused Lateness to school will be handled as follows:
First unexcused tardy the student may receive a warning from the office.
After the second warning, each unexcused tardy will result in a negative result. (1 Demerit Point per tardy) (Note: Students are responsible for all work missed due to tardiness to school)
MEDICATION
Medication required by students during the school day is governed by the following requirements:
Medication must be brought to the School Nurse in its original container.
Both prescription and over-the-counter medication must be accompanied by a physician's order, and a parental note authorizing and specifying the conditions for its administration.
Medication shall be dispensed by the School Nurse only unless covered under self-medication clause in Board Policy.
Information for students who are on a regular program of medication must be renewed at the beginning of each school year.
No child is to bring any medication to school unless the above procedures are followed.
If a student has a fever above 100 degrees he/she is expected to remain home a full 24 hours fever free without anti-pyretics (Tylenol, Advil, etc.) before returning to school
If a student has vomiting or diarrhea, he/she should not return to school until symptom free for 24 hours.
ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE 13
ALCOHOL ABUSE POLICY
The Board of Education recognizes that alcoholism and the misuse of alcohol are serious social problems that have far-reaching implications for both the consumer of alcohol and for the entire community. The Board accepts responsibility for instructing pupils in the early identification and remediation of pupils who become involved with alcohol.
The Board of Education prohibits the possession, and consumption of any alcoholic beverage in a school building, on school grounds, on school transportation, or at any event or school sponsored function except as expressly permitted by the Board. A pupil who possesses or consumes an alcoholic beverage on school premises will be subject to discipline, which will be graded to the severity of the offense and may include suspension or expulsion. The pupil may be reported to an appropriate law enforcement agency.
The Board will enforce the laws of New Jersey requiring instruction in the public schools on the nature of alcohol, the effect of alcoholic drinks on the human system, and the short and long term implications of alcohol abuse on the individual and society. Instruction on alcohol shall be integrated with the health education curriculum
DRUG ABUSE POLICY
The Board of Education recognizes that the misuse of drugs by any pupil seriously impedes that pupil’s education and threatens the welfare of the entire community. The Board is committed to the prevention of drug abuse and the rehabilitation of substance abusers by educational means, but will take necessary and appropriate steps to protect the school community from harm and from exposure to drugs.
The Board prohibits the use and/or possession of any drug on school premises, at any event or school sponsored function, any on any transportation vehicle provided by the Board. Pupils suspected of being under the influence of drugs will be identified, evaluated, and reported in accordance with the law. A pupil who uses, possesses, or distributes a drug, on or off school premises will be subject to discipline, which will be graded to the severity of the offense and may include suspension or expulsion. The pupil may be reported to law enforcement personnel.
HEALTH SERVICES
Hearing & Vision screenings are provided at various grade levels.
Scoliosis screenings which are state mandated are provided for grades 5 & 7.
Please report any Communicable Disease to the school nurse: Chicken Pox, Mumps, Whooping Cough, Scarlet Fever, Rubella, Scabies, Pediculosis (Head Lice), German Measles, Measles, Hepatitis, Strep Throat, Impetigo, Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye), M. R.S.A.
TOBACCO USE POLICY
The Board of Education recognizes that the use of tobacco presents a health hazard that can have serious implications both for the smoker and the nonsmoker and that smoking habits developed by the young may have lifelong deleterious consequences. For purposes of this policy, "smoking" means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, vape, electronic cigarette, Juul or any other matter or substance that contains tobacco and the use of smokeless tobacco and snuff.
The Board prohibits smoking by pupils at any time on school premises at events sponsored by this Board away from school, and on any transportation vehicle supplied by this Board. The Board directs that the health curriculum include instruction in the potential hazards of the use of tobacco. Staff members shall, by example and persuasion, make every reasonable effort to discourage pupils from developing the habit of smoking.