School Health Absence Procedures
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s):
To ensure your child has a safe, healthy and happy school year, please note the following School Health Office procedures:
- Please call the health office (516) 434-2635, Mrs. Sinatro (516) 434-2632, or complete an absence form on the District website if your child is unable to attend school. A doctor’s note is required if your child is absent for 3 days in a row or more.
- Medication (including Tylenol, Motrin, vitamins, cough medicine, cough drops, lotions, etc.) cannot be given by the school nurse unless there is a written directive from the health care provider, along with written permission from the parent. The note must include the name of the student, name of the medication, the route, time and how much is to be given. All medication must be brought to the Nurse in the Health Office by an adult in the original container from the pharmacy. Children ae not permitted to take medication in school without the knowledge of the school nurse.
- School districts are required by law to report communicable diseases (chicken pox, strep throat, pink eye, lice, flu, etc.) to the Nassau County Department of Health. Therefore, please notify the Health Office if your child develops any of these conditions.
- Children may be excused from physical education classes for three days with a note from the parent. If your child needs to be excused for a longer period of time, a note from the health-care provider is required.
- Children with casts on their arms or legs, splints on their fingers or stitches, are not permitted to participate in physical education classes or in outdoor recess or after-school activities. A note from your health-care provider, indicating when the activity can resume is necessary.
- If you change your home, work, or cell phone number, please notify the school immediately.
- Please discuss with the School Nurse, Social Worker or Guidance Counselor anything you feel might affect your child, i.e. illness of a parent or sibling, death in the family, etc.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Rachel Brosokas, R.N.
School Nurse