Student Illness Reminder – Calling In Sick

If students are ill and will not be attending school, parents must call the school at 319-396-7818 (Elementary) or 319-396-7792 (Middle School) by 8:30 a.m. We have begun the process of reporting illnesses to the Linn County Public Health Department on a daily basis for better tracking of diseases in the area. We are asking that when you call your child in as absent due to illness that you report any symptoms or confirmed diagnoses at that time so we can be more accurate in our daily reports. If you have any questions, please call or email Chelsea Lee, School Nurse at 319-396-7818 or chelsea.lee@crxcs.org

If any of the following conditions are present or become present, it is required that your child/ren stay home or they will be sent home at the onset of symptoms while at LaSalle Catholic. Children may return to care when they are free of symptoms for a full 24 hours unmedicated or in extreme cases, released by a medical doctor. Parents/Guardians of the child will be contacted and asked to come to the center and pick up their child/ren. If your child has an illness listed below, we ask that they do not attend school.

• Diarrhea or Vomiting – If there is any diarrhea or vomiting, the child may not be brought to preschool/child care. If the child vomits or has diarrhea at preschool/child care, he/she will be sent home. The child may return to school when he/she has been free from diarrhea or vomiting for 24 hours.

• Fever – A parent will be called when a child has a temperature and exhibits any of the above conditions. A child with a temperature of 100.4 degrees F or higher will be sent home immediately. The child may return when they are fever free for 24 hours without the use of a fever reducer.

Prescription Medications

Students who need to take prescription or over the counter medications at school need to bring their medication (in the original prescription or over the counter bottle labeled with directions and prescribing health care providers name) to the nurse’s office or the main office. Students should not carry ANY containers with prescription medications with them in the school. Students are allowed to carry their inhalers. Students who need to take medications at school must have a signed consent form on file in the nurse’s office for the staff to administer this medication. This form is available in the Downloads & Links section.

Here are some tips if your student needs to be on prescription medication during the year

1. Ask your health care provider for a medication that does not require a lunch time dose
2. Ask the pharmacy to prepare a “school bottle” that can be left at school

For those students requiring emergency medications such as an Epi-Pen, Glucagon Kit, or Albuterol for nebulizer treatments, those would need to be provided by you to the school along with the same consent form described above.