Accidents or Illness
by Lupe Kollasch
July 22, 2011
Accidents which occur on school property or at school functions must be reported as soon as possible to the building principal or event supervisor and to the school nurse. An accident report form will need to be filled out by the school employee witnessing the accident. Accident reports are available in any of the school offices or the nurse's office.
The primary aim is to prevent accidents through close supervision and teaching safety in the school. However, if an accident should occur, or a child becomes ill at school, the parent/guardian will be notified at once. For this reason, it is very important for emergency contact information in the school office to be up-to-date and complete.
Illness in children can occasionally be hard to assess, and decisions whether to send your child to school are sometimes difficult. If the following conditions occur, your child should be kept home.
- Oral temperature of 100 degrees or higher within the past 24 hours
- Vomiting or diarrhea within the past 24 hours
- Earache lasting more than one day
- Persistent cough, croup, chest congestion, or sore throat
- Labored, painful breathing
- Reddened, mattering or crusty eyes
- Moist, draining lesions on the lips or skin
- Undiagnosed rash
