Mrs. Nadia Ramirez Nurse
It is important that your child attend school regularly. However, when illness occurs, PLEASE DO NOT SEND THEM TO SCHOOL. Many children at this age are attending school for the first time and seem to catch every bug that is going around.
If your child gets sick during the night, has been ill with fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or sore throat, please keep them at home. Sending them to school only increases the chances that others will get sick and he/she won't do well in school if they feel bad. Children with fever should be fever-free for 24 hours WITHOUT medication.
If your child goes home sick during the school day, they should not return to class unless they have been free of all symptoms for a least 14 hours without medication.
Thank you for your cooperation in the matter.
Also, a reminder, please make sure if your phone number changes, to make those changes on your child's emergency card in the office. It is very important that the school always has a current phone number in the event of an emergency.
The close of the 80th Legislative Session resulted in the passage of House Bill (HB) 1059, which requires DSHS to create a list of the required immunizations for school attendance and a list of the recommended vaccinations. The required immunization list, although already in existence as the Minimum Immunization Requirements, has been updated. DSHS follows the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended immunizations, thus this schedule will serve as the department’s recommended list of vaccinations.
HB 1059, also known as the Emily Lastinger Act, requires school districts that maintain a website to post the list of immunization requirements and recommendations in English and Spanish. In an effort to align the mandated information in a user-friendly format that can be easily linked to any ISD website, the DSHS Immunization Branch has updated the Immunization Requirements web page. Some of the items found in the new web page include a listing of the required immunizations for school attendance for SY 07-08 and a link to the 2007 recommended immunization schedule. Please visit: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/school/default.shtm
to view
more information related to school immunization compliance.
For
more information regarding immunization requirements, you may contact:
Monica
Gamez
Immunization Compliance Coordinator
Texas
Department of State Health Services(DSHS)
Immunization Branch
(Ph)
512.458.7284
(Fax)
512.458.7544
Email:
monica.gamez@dshs.state.tx.us