Student Wellness

MJDS  follows Wisconsin's Childhood Communicable Disease  guidance.

Please keep your student  home when they exhibit:  

• Active vomiting or diarrhea – must stay home 24 hours symptom-free.
• Fever/chills/generalized body aches – must stay home 24 hours fever-free (temp less than 100.4) without the use of fever-reducing medications.
• Undiagnosed, new, and/or untreated rash or skin condition - cannot return until evaluated by MD.
• Severe cough which prevents the child from participating comfortably in activities – must stay home until cough resolves and is evaluated by MD.
• Abdominal pain that continues for more than 2 hours or intermittent abdominal pain associated with fever or other signs or symptoms – must stay home until evaluated by MD.
• Student can return after 24 hours on antibiotics for a variety of bacterial causes.
• Doctor's note of clearance for various student-specific medical conditions: Students may be sent home for known or suspected cases of communicable disease. If your child contracts a contagious disease/condition (such as chicken pox, pertussis, strep or impetigo), please notify the school immediately. 

• School personnel may not provide ibuprofen or any other over-the-counter (OTC) medication to students during school hours without completion of the administration of medication form.
• Over-the-counter medication must be in its original bottle and clearly marked with the child's name. 
• 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 must complete the Student Immunization Record  each school year. These requirements can be waived only for health, religious or personal conviction reasons. 
• Students not in compliance will receive a warning letter from the school. If compliance is not fulfilled within the designation time frame set by the State of Wisconsin, the child’s name and record is sent to the County Health Department and District Attorney’s office. This is per state protocol. 
• Please update the school nurse when your child receives vaccinations throughout the school year.

• MJDS requires that your physician complete the medical examination form for all new students, and continuing students entering senior kindergarten and seventh grade. 
• The school nurse can request forms annually for students who have special health concerns. 

• Guardians of students  with asthma should complete the administration of medication form. MJDS requires that all students in K3 through eighth grade keep spare inhaled medications in the office. 
• Students in fifth through eighth grade may self-administer asthma medications by completing the administration of medication form and the linked Asthma Action Plan.

• If your student has severe allergies, please complete the administration of medication form and the linked FARE form. 
• If your student requires rescue seizure medications, please complete the administration of medication form and the linked  SAP form.  
• If your student requires the use of rescue glucagon,  please complete the administration of medication form and submit the Diabetes Medical Management Plan (DMMP) to the school nurse . 
• The school nurse should be notified immediately if this information changes. 

The CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels is a tool to help you make decisions based on local context and your unique needs.

Mask Expectations

• Masking at school will be optional in all cases except days 6-10 after a positive COVID 19 diagnosis. 
• Masks may help offer protection against COVID-19, and its variants. If you choose to wear a mask, the CDC offers you guidance to help you achieve the best result.
• COVID-19 by county level  is a tool to help individuals decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. 

Regardless of vaccination status, you should  isolate and take precautions from others when you have COVID-19. You should also isolate yourself if you are sick and suspect that you have COVID-19 but do not yet have test results.

Students and staff who test positive for COVID-19 will  isolate for at least 5 days. If they are asymptomatic or symptoms are resolving and they have been fever-free for 24 hours, they may return to school/work after Day 5, wearing a mask until day 11.

• If a student or staff tests positive, they will utilize the CDC tool to calculate their isolation time. 
• After utilizing the CDC tool, notify the school nurse Jholland@mjds.org  as soon as possible. In the email,  include the COVID-19 isolation dates to  return to school and end date of masking.
• Teachers will provide work to be sent home. No virtual learning will be provided for students in isolation.

Please utilize the CDC tool to calculate post exposure guidance for your family