This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.

1. When should I keep my student home from school?
2. What is a fever?
3. What are the rules on lice?
4. What about immunizations?
5. Can my child take medicine at school?

When should I keep my student home from school?

You should keep your student home from school when he/she is 
showing signs 
of severe illness, including fever, irritability, difficulty 
breathing, 
crying that doesn't stop with the usual comforting or extreme 
sleepiness.  
Diarrhea or stools that contain blood or mucus.
Vomiting two or more times in 24 hours, unless a physician feels 
the cause 
of vomiting is not an infectious disease, and writes a note to 
that affect 
and the student is not in danger of dehydration.
Mouth sores and/or drooling until a physician or the health 
authority does 
not feel the condition is infectious.
Fever or rash or a change in behavior until a physican has 
determined that 
the problem is not caused by an  infectious disease.

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What is a fever?

Students with temperatures of 100 degrees or above should stay 
home.  
Students who are sent home with temperatures of 100 or greater 
must be 
symptom and fever free without the use of temperature reducing 
medications 
for 24 hours before returning to school.

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What are the rules on lice?

If your student has lice.  Please call the nurse's office at (512) 464-5507 to notify the nurse.  We keep track and if needed inform a classroom if there is a problem.
There will no longer be classroom checks, for this is disruptive to the learning environment.

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What about immunizations?

A student must be fully immunized against certain diseases or 
must present a 
certificate or statement that, for medical reasons or reasons of 
conscience, 
including a religious belief, the student will not be immunized.  
For 
exemptions based on reasons of conscience, only forms issued by 
the Texas 
Department of Health Services, Immunization Branch, can be 
honored by the 
district.  Instructions for the affadavit to be signed by 
parents/guardians 
choosing the exemption for reasons of conscience, including 
religious belief 
can be found at www.ImmunizeTexas.com.   No other forms or 
reproductions 
will be allowed.
Students with medical exemptions, a written statement by the 
physician 
should be submitted to the school.
You can find the required immunizations on the immunization link 
on our 
homepage.

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Can my child take medicine at school?

Yes.  Your child can take medicine at school.  The required form 
and 
procedures form is on the medication link of our homepage.

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