Health Policies

For the protection of your child and others, please do not send your child to school with any of the following:

1. Vomiting
2. Runny nose/color discharge
3. Sore throat
4. Fever
5. Rash
6. Pediculus capitis (head lice)
7. Diarrhea
8. Earache and/or eye discharge
9. Persistent cough

Each child has a permanent Health Record. On this card, pertinent information is recorded. Please keep the school notified of any health problems. All information is held confidential. Please feel free to contact the school to discuss any health problems or attendance concerns. NOTE: Children are required to be fever free twenty-four hours before returning to school.

MEDICINE
School Board Policy prohibits any student from carrying any form of medication with them while in school. Extreme cases may warrant the need for medicine to be taken during the day. In this case, parents need to contact the school nurse and complete a release form. The child's physician must also complete another form that describes the medication and dosage. When completed, the medication must be brought to school in the original prescription container and will be dispensed by the nurse. This is not intended to cover the occasional need for medication. Please refer to the District Parent/Student Information Handbook for further clarification regarding the self-administration of asthma medication.

VISION SCREENING
McAuliffe School conducts a Vision Screening for Kindergarten and 2nd Grade.  The vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor.  Children are not required to undergo the vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an evaluation has been done within the last 12 months.