If a student is ill or injured at school, he or she is sent to the school nurse where the decision is made whether to contact the parent(s). Calls are placed by staff. Sick students remain in the nurse’s station until a parent or authorized person can pick them up from school. Parents must notify the school nurse in the event of removing an ill student from school who has not visited the nurse.
For a serious illness or accident requiring a trip to the hospital, parents or guardian are notified and school staff member accompanies the student to the hospital.
If a student has had fever, vomiting or diarrhea within the 24-hour period prior to the school day, he or she should not attend school.
Should a student contract chicken pox or other contagious illnesses, the parents must notify the school as soon as possible so that the school representatives may contact other students who may have been exposed.
Students who contract head lice are sent home for treatment and welcomed back after treatment has been given and proven effective. Subsequent evidence of head lice will result in the student being sent home for three days and welcomed back after being cleared by the school nurse.