4.13 — Health Services

4.13 — Health Services: School Policies and Services

Limited health services are available at school.  Please do not bring sick children to school.  Liberty’s health office is staffed from 8:00-3:00 each day by a health technician.  Office staff and volunteers occasionally supervise and assist students with healthcare needs.  Please note that it is the parent’s responsibility to notify the office if a child has been injured at home and may need special considerations at school.  Keep school records up to date, especially phone numbers and emergency contact information.  Immunization records must be current for students to remain in school.

Poudre School District policy requires that no medication, prescription, or over-the-counter medication (including aspirin, cough drops, vitamins, etc.), shall be given to a student by any school personnel except on written orders of the parents and the physician or dentist.  Students may not self-medicate at school.  When medication is to be given at school, physician or dentist instructions are required to accompany the medication.  All medications must be in the original pharmacy-labeled container including the student’s name, name of drug, dosage, name of physician, and current date.  Medical Request Forms are available at Liberty’s Health Office.

Parents will be informed when a student has been injured seriously.  If a parent cannot be reached, school personnel will determine what action needs to be taken.  Any child with a fever of 100 or above will not be allowed to remain in the classroom.  Please also see CDPHE recommended stay home policy here.  If a head injury is sustained, the parent will be contacted.  In case of more serious injuries, or if the parents cannot be contacted, the school will immediately call 911 for emergency assistance.  Liberty follows the Poudre School District Health Service policies.

In compliance with state law, all children in Colorado schools must have a complete up-to-date immunization record on file in the Liberty office.  This record includes proper shots for measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT), Hepatitis B, Varicella (chickenpox), and polio. Parent-signed personal or religious exemptions should be submitted each school year.  Medical exemptions only need to be submitted once.  (See C.R.S. 25-4-903 (4)).  Students may not continue enrollment without up-to-date immunization records.