Health Services

Promoting Student Health

School nurses in Lawrence Public Schools are dedicated to promoting student health and wellness, recognizing that a healthy student is a better learner. By bridging the gap between healthcare and education, our nurses help ensure every student is ready to succeed academically.

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School Guidelines

How do you decide to keep your child home from school?

Consider using these guidelines:

• Temperature: For a temperature over 100.0 °F, consider keeping your student home from school. Remember that medications like Tylenol and Advil can mask the effects of a fever. Try to take your child's temperature before you give fever-reducing medicine. Consult your doctor for a high fever or a fever that lasts a long time. A student must be fever free without the use of medication for 24 hours before returning to school.
   
• Vomiting and/or Diarrhea (persistent): Consult your doctor for persistent symptoms. A student must be free from diarrhea without the use of medication for 24 hours before returning to school.
   
• Conjunctivitis ("pink eye"): If the child's eyes are red, swollen and have a discharge or crusty matter in the eyelashes, please contact a health care provider. A student may return to school if eye has returned to normal, under treatment and no discharge is present, or have a note from doctor to return to school.
   
• Upper Respiratory Illness/Colds: The child must be able to participate in all school activities and should not be tired or listless. Temperature must be normal for 24 hours before returning to school.
   
• Rash: Rashes can be difficult to evaluate. If they are all over the body, spread over time, blistery, oozing, or painful, they could be a sign of a contagious infection. Consult your doctor and DO NOT SEND TO SCHOOL! The student is excluded from school until under an effective treatment (medication) and no longer considered contagious.

PLEASE, keep your child home if they are ill!

*Remember, these suggestions should be considered a guide, if you are still unsure whether to send your child to school, please call your physician for further guidance.

Provide Your Emergency Contact Information

Our school nurses provide excellent care for your child, however, it is still extremely important for your school's health office to have an emergency phone number on file where parents/guardians can be reached if necessary.This emergency information should also contain the phone number of a nearby relative, friend, or neighbor who can assume parental responsibility when a parent/guardian is unable to be reached. In the event of serious illness or injury, children will be transported to the nearest hospital emergency room.

Please contact your student's school nurse and provide them with emergency contact information for your student(s) as soon as possible.

Contact

Contact your student's school nurse for more information.

Please contact your student's school nurse if you have any questions about your child's health or if you need assistance with your child's health care needs.