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In order to prevent the spread of communicable illness, please refrain from sending your student to school if one of the following symptoms are present:

• A fever greater than 100 degrees Fahrenheit within the last 24 hours
• Acute diarrhea or vomiting within a period of 24 hours
• Red eyes with discharge
• Severe coughing or respiratory difficulty
• Infected, untreated skin lesions
• Yellow eyes or Jaundiced skin
• Skin rash accompanied by fever.

Consult your private medical doctor when any of the above conditions exist, or when in doubt about sending your student to school. Please see the PDF file below for information on how Randolph Schools handles the incidence of communicable illness.

Guidelines for Handling Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases in School

The seasonal influenza vaccine is the best and safest protection available against influenza. In addition to obtaining influenza vaccination, help protect yourself and others from influenza (and any other illness), by engaging in the following behaviors:

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds
• Avoid touching your eyes, mouth, nose or any mucous membrane with unwashed hands
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces
• Use good respiratory hygiene - cough and sneeze into a tissue or elbow
• Properly dispose of used tissues
• Follow Randolph School district policy for illnesses.
• Stay home when sick and call your healthcare provider.

For more information on the seasonal influenza, as well as other school health issues, please reference:

www.cdc.gov/flu

www.nj.gov/health

Current best practices regarding the identification, treatment, and exclusion of students who present with head lice is reflected by the district's revised procedure. Please review the flowchart and steps of the procedure.

Incidence Procedure     

Procedural Flowchart

MRSA Prevention

https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/community/index.html               

https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/community/environment/athletic-facilities.html

Scholastic Resources

CDC Resources               

Coxsackievirus

This packet needs to be completed by the parent/guardian and physician each school year and kept on file in the nurse's office for any student with a life-threatening anaphylactic allergy requiring the possible use of an EpiPen or Auvi-Q.

Anaphylaxis Form

Universal Child Health Record

This form is kept on file in the nurse's office each school year for any medications that need to be taken while at school or during a field trip or school-sponsored event/activity. This form is also required for any over-the-counter medications that you would like your child to have access to during the school day or during a field trip or school-sponsored event/activity, such as Advil or Tylenol.

Medication Parent Authorization

This form is kept on file in the nurse's office each school year for any medications that need to be self-administered while at school or during a field trip or school-sponsored event/activity for asthma or other potentially life-threatening illnesses, a life-threatening allergic reaction, or adrenal insufficiency.

Self-Administering Medication

This packet needs to be completed by the parent/guardian and physician each school year and kept on file in the nurse's office for any student with asthma.

Asthma Action Plan

Information

This form is completed by the parent/guardian and the physician for any student with diabetes. It needs to be updated each school year and is kept on file in the nurse's office. 

Diabetes Health Care Plan

This form is completed by the parent/guardian and the physician for any student with migraine headaches. It needs to be updated each school year and is kept on file in the nurse's office. 

Migraine Health Care Plan

This form is completed each school year by the parent/guardian and the physician for any student with a history of convulsive disorders and is kept on file in the nurse's office.

Seizure Health Care Form

Th sports physical form needs to be completed once per year. The first two pages need to be completed by the parent or guardian. As you are completing the packet, complete Page 2 even if it does not apply to your child. Pages 1 and 2 need to be signed by the parent and the student. If you answer "yes" to any question, please write an explanation. The nurse's office can be reached if you have any questions while completing the form.

Sports Physical Form

The nurse's office can complete the required vision screening for a Driver's Education application. 

The nurse's office can help complete the medical portion of a student's working papers certification application if a high school physical is on file.