Health Information

Please save this number to your contacts so that I can reach you quickly in case of emergency. 563-2491 ext. 224, you may also use the remind app. I will periodically send out health information that pertains to our district via Remind.

Email Nurse Molinar and your child’s teacher. An absence remains unexcused until a note is received. A doctor’s note is required to excuse absences longer than 3 days.

• Fever: Temperature less than 100.0° F for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
• Vomiting: 24 hours after the last episode of vomiting.
• Diarrhea: Diarrhea-free for 24 hours without the use of diarrhea-suppressing medication.
• Common Cold: Fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-suppressing medication.
• Strep throat: On antibiotics and fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-suppressing medication.
• Flu (influenza): Fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-suppressing medication.
• Pink eye (bacterial or viral conjunctivitis): A doctor’s note is required unless symptom-free.
• Head lice: After treatment, your student is welcome to return the following school day if they are lice & nit free.
• For a complete list of school exclusions required for communicable diseases, go to www.dshs.state.tx.us .
• Cough, extreme congestion, & fatigue without fever: Keep your child’s comfort in mind. Sick kids need to rest.
• If symptoms develop during the night: Keep children at home until you are sure they are symptom-free.

• Bring medications to the school nurse. Students are not allowed to carry medication to school.
• State law prohibits school nurses from administering “stock” medications to students, (e.g., Tylenol, Advil).
• Complete a “Brackett ISD Medication Authorization” form for the medications you bring.
• Bring medications in the original containers (boxes or bottles) with dosing instructions on the label.
• Prescription medications (including inhalers) must have a pharmacy label with the child’s name, drug and dose.
• Pharmacists can print duplicate prescription labels if you discarded the original or need an extra bottle labeled for school.
• Medications must be picked up on the last day of school or be destroyed (state law). Create a reminder today!

 Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Diabetes, Seizures, Heart Conditions, Cystic Fibrosis, etc.

• Contact the school nurse if your child has a chronic health condition or a vision, hearing or mobility impairment.
• Ask your child’s doctor to complete and sign a care plan for your child’s condition(s) over the summer every year.
• Bring the care plan and your child’s medications to the school nurse before the first day of school.

• Send all requests for PE and recess excuses to the school nurse.
• Let the nurse know the nature of your child’s illness or injury.
• A doctor’s note is required if your child will miss more than 3 days of PE/Recess.
• Students in casts, splints, slings and crutches will need a doctor’s note to resume activity in PE.