Wranglers

                                                     2807 25th Street — Lubbock, TX 79410

From the School Nurse                                                                          

In order to keep our students healthy and safe, here are a few guidelines we need to go by for the school year. 

• If your child is at home and develops a fever of 100.0 or higher, they will need to stay home until they are fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication such as Tylenol or Motrin. The will also need to remain home if they have any vomiting or diarrhea.  They need to be free of vomiting and diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school.  If they come to school and report that they have been ill with fever, vomiting or diarrhea we will call you to take them home.
   
•  Medications at school:  Please make sure there is a prescription label on all prescription medications including inhalers and medication for breathing treatments.  We cannot give a prescription medication at school without the label, it is a state law.  If you have a note from the doctor with the student’s name, dose amount, frequency of administration and name of medication, we can use that as the prescription label. 
   
• Over the Counter Medications:  If the medication is an over the counter medication such as cough medicine, Motrin, or cold medicine, it must be appropriate for their age.  In other words, if the instructions are that it cannot be given under the age of 12 years without consulting a doctor, we cannot give it a school.                                                            

• LISD policy states that we do not give medication at school that can be given at home.  If instructions state that it is to be given three times a day, it can be given before school, after school and before bedtime. 
   

• If your child needs an inhaler at school for asthma, please let me know if they are going to be carrying it themselves. We still need a permission form signed by the parent and the doctor.

Thank you for helping to keep our students healthy and safe.