School Nurse provides appropriate health/medical services to designated students in an effort to minimize absences due to illness and create a climate of health and well-being in the schools for the DeKalb County School District (DCSD).
Allergies or Serious Medical Condition: Please notify immediately your child’s classroom teacher and school nurse in writing if your child has a serious medical condition or life-threatening allergy.
To maintain the safety and health of all children and staff, a sick child should be kept at home. Please DO NOT send your child to school if your child has any of the following signs of illness:
• Fever
• Sore throat
• Contagious skin rash
• Cough
• Headache
• Vomiting or diarrhea
Please know that your child must be free of fever, vomiting and diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school. Your child should remain at home until they can maintain a normal temperature (below 100 Fahrenheit or 37.8 Celsius) for a FULL 24 hours or more without taking fever-reducing medication. For additional information, review this
helpful flyer.
CONTACT INFORMTION
Please report any change of your contact information to the office. Our school will maintain emergency contact information for the safety and health of your child. The following information will need to be on file:
• Parents’ names
• Addresses
• Phone numbers
• Name and phone number of relative or neighbor to be contacted in case a parent cannot be reached