The deadline for students to meet the immunization requirement for mandatory immunizations for public school enrollment is Thursday, August 17, 2023. If you have questions, please contact the school nurse or visit the immunization requirements webpage. Thank you for your assistance.
La fecha límite para que los estudiantes cumplan con el requisito de vacunación y tengan las vacunas que son obligatorias para inscribirse en las escuelas públicas es del jueves 17 de agosto de 2023. Si tiene preguntas, comuníquese con la enfermera de la escuela o visite la página web de requisitos de vacunación. ¡Gracias!
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Welcome to the Kerrydale Clinic Information Page!
Hi there! I'm Rachel Litton, the school nurse at Kerrydale Elementary.
Thank you for allowing me to care for your children while they are at school. I can be reached at [email protected], in case you have questions regarding your child's health.
Reasons your child should stay home from school or may be sent home by the nurse during the school day:
- Fever of 100.4º F and over - exclude until student has been fever-free without the use of fever reducing medications (like Tylenol or Motrin) for at least 24 hours.
- Conjunctivitis (pink eye), strep infections, ringworm, and impetigo are all infections and must be treated with medication for a minimum of 24 hours before returning to school. Please do not allow affected students back before this time so that other students are not infected unnecessarily.
- Rash of unknown origin with fever and/or behavioral changes, until a primary care provider has determined that the illness is not a communicable disease.
- Head injury.
- Severe coughing or difficulty breathing.
- Colds - a child with thick or constant nasal discharge should remain home.
- Diarrhea - sudden increase in frequency to more than three loose/watery stools per day. Exclude until student has been symptom free for at least 24 hours.
- Vomiting - unless the vomiting is determined to be caused by a diagnosed non-communicable/non-infectious condition (such as dysmenorrhea, dysphagia, etc.).
- Abdominal pain that continues for more that two hours or intermittent abdominal pain associated with fever or other signs or symptoms.
- Stiff neck associated with fever and/or a recent injury.
- Inadequate immunizations with known disease outbreak in school.
- Refer to the Virginia Department of Health's "Communicable Disease Reference Chart for School Personnel" for other exclusions/information.
- Refer to PWCS Regulation 757-1
All students should have up-to-date parent/guardian contact information and three local emergency contacts on file with the school in the event that contact needs to be made due to a student health emergency.