Clinic
SJEDS has a designated clinic area in the office for students who become ill and need attention. The office staff will try and reach those designated on the emergency information form. The office staff are not trained medical professionals, but will dispense prescription and over-the-counter medications and attend to sick children when indicated by a parent to do so.
Illness and Accidents
Children will be sent to the office in case of illness or accident. If a fever is present or a broken bone suspected, the parent will be called to pick up the child. Students with persistent signs of illness will have to go home. In case of emergency, the office will dial 911 and refer to the student’s emergency information form.
Medications
For the safety of all children, all prescription and over-the-counter medications must be kept locked in a designated area in the school office rather than the classroom. Parents must deliver prescription medication to the front office with written dispensing instructions, as well as complete a medication form. It is a Health Department requirement that medicines be in their original prescription container. It is the student’s responsibility to come to the office to take the prescribed medicine.