Student Wellness

MJDS follows Wisconsin's Childhood Communicable Disease guidance.

Please keep your student(s) home when they exhibit:  

• Fever: must stay home 24 hours fever-free (temp less than 100.4) without the use of fever-reducing medications.
• Diarrhea: must be asymptomatic for 24 hours (note: during times of high GI illness or if norovirus is suspected MJDS will enforce a 48 hours policy).
• Vomiting: must be asymptomatic for 24 hours.
• New rash with fever or a concerning rash: cannot return until evaluated by medical provider and no fever for 24 hours.
• Skin sores that are draining fluid: cannot return until evaluated by medical provider. Sores must be covered with a bandage or sores must be crusted and dry to return. 
• Respiratory virus symptoms: students should stay home and be evaluated by a medical provider if they have a cough that interferes with the child’s ability to fully participate in classroom activities; symptoms are worsening or not improving; changes in skin color or appearance; or the child is experiencing trouble breathing, wheezing, or retractions. Consider additional actions to protect other students and staff when returning such as masking and social distancing. 

Students can return after 24 hours on antibiotics for a variety of bacterial causes. Contact the school nurse for specifics. Students may be sent home for known or suspected cases of communicable disease. Notify school immediately if your child contracts a contagious disease/condition (such as chicken pox, pertussis, strep, or impetigo).

• Before any prescription medication may be administered to a student during the school day, school personnel must receive an Administration of Medication Form completed by a medical provider and signed by a legal guardian and the signature of the ordering provider. 
• Prescription medication must be in its original bottle and clearly marked with the student's name, drug, dosage, and time(s) to be taken, and brought to the office by an adult. 
• Please do not place medications in student backpacks. Students are not allowed to keep/carry medications with them during the day.

• School personnel may not provide stocked over-the-counter (OTC) medication to students without the guardian's completion of over the counter medications consent in back-to-school packets in FACTS SIS. 
• OTC medication not stocked in school must be in its original bottle and clearly marked with the child's name and dose, and must be brought to the office by an adult. They may not be given without completion of the Administration of Medication Form (MD signature not required for OTC medications).
• Please do not place medications in student backpacks. Students are not allowed to keep/carry medications with them during the day.

• The Student Immunization Law requires that all students through grade 12 meet a minimum number of required immunizations prior to school entrance. 
• All students entering senior kindergarten, seventh grade, or who are new enrollees must complete the Student Immunization Record. These requirements can be waived only for health, religious, or personal conviction reasons. 

• Students with missing immunization records or who are not up-to-date with their vaccinations will receive a warning letter from the school. If compliance is not achieved within the designated time frame set by the State of Wisconsin, the student may face exclusion from school until requirements are met and their immunization records may be shared with the local health department, in accordance with state regulations.
• Please update the school nurse when your child receives vaccinations throughout the school year.

• For students with life threatening allergies requiring emergency medication at school, please complete the Administration of Medication Form and FARE form. 
• For students with asthma requiring medication at school, please complete the Administration of Medication Form and Asthma Action Plan. Students may self-carry at school if the doctor approves self-administration. 
• For students with diabetes requiring management at school, please complete the Diabetes Medical Management Plan and set up a meeting with the school nurse before the first day of school.
• For students who require rescue seizure medications at school, please complete the Administration of Medication Form and SAP form. 
• For students with medical conditions not mentioned above, the school nurse may require additional documentation from families on a case-by-case basis to ensure appropriate care can be provided at school.
• Notify the school nurse immediately if any of the information provided changes.

• ADHD: ADDitude & CHADD
• Concussion: Fact Sheet & CDC Guidelines
• Head Lice: CDC About Head Lice, Nemour’s Head Lice Signs & Treatment, & CDC Head Lice Treatment

• Respiratory Virus: CDC Guidelines

• When Sick is Too Sick: reference sheet