Notes from the Nurse
Spring Edition
March 4, 2021
- Daylight Savings Time
- Covid-19 Information & Reminders - Spring Break Travel Update
- How to Report an Absence Related to Covid-19
- When to Keep Your Child Home from School
- Mask Tips
Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Savings Time Begins on March 14, 2021 at 2:00 AM
Change your clocks and set your alarm for school on March 15!
Tips to Prepare Your Child for Daylight Savings Time
- Encourage good sleep hygiene
- Take baby steps - prepare for the 1 hour change in smaller increments made over time
- Limit screen time 30 min to 1 hour before bed
- Control the light - keep the lights dim or use darkening curtains to help keep the light out
- Stick with a bedtime routine & keep it consistent even with the time change
Find more information at these links:
Montreal Children's Hospital: Helping Your Kids Adjust to Daylight Savings Time
National Geographic Video: Daylight Savings Time 101
New Travel Requirements
All air passengers coming to the United States, including U.S. citizens, are required to have a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before they board a flight to the United States. See the Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
Masks are required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations.
Covid-19 Alert: Cases are Extremely High. Avoid Travel.
Travel increases your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19. CDC recommends that you do not travel at this time. Delay travel and stay home to protect yourself and others from COVID-19.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are extremely high across the United States. Wear a mask, stay at least 6 feet/2 meters apart, avoid crowds, and wash your hands often. The more steps you take, the more you and others around you are protected against COVID-19.
View cases in the U.S. and cases by state on CDC’s COVID Data Tracker.
You and your travel companions (including children) may feel well and not have any symptoms, but you can still spread COVID-19 to family, friends, and community during and after travel. Check your state, territorial, or local health department for information about local quarantine requirements.
Do NOT travel if you were exposed to COVID-19, you are sick, or you have tested positive for COVID-19. Learn when it is safe for you to travel. Don’t travel with someone who is sick.
What do I do if my child has symptoms or tests positive for Covid-19?
Complete a Student Reporting Form if...
- Your child OR a household member is being tested for Covid-19
- Your child is identified as a close contact of an individual positive for Covid-19
- Your child develops symptoms that could be Covid-19
- Your child tests positive for Covid-19
Click this link to report: Student Reporting Form
Once the report is received, your school nurse will contact you with additional information.
You can also e-mail the nurse directly at: Christina.Allen@pisd.edu
Covid-19 Symptoms
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus.
Symptoms of Covid-19
When to keep your child home from school
A student with any of the following symptoms must be excluded from school until such time as the student is free of symptoms, has been satisfactorily treated or submits a signed physician’s statement that he/she is not contagious.
Please note: students with symptoms likely to be Covid-19 or that have been diagnosed with Covid-19 will adhere to the return to school requirements specific to Covid-19 symptoms as detailed below. Many flu-like symptoms are also symptoms of Covid-19.
- Temperature of 100.0 degrees or more without other symptoms. Student must be fever free for 24 hours, without requiring the use of fever-reducing medication, before re-entry.
- Undetermined rash over any part of the body accompanied by fever.
- Undiagnosed scaly patches on the body or scalp.
- Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Student must be symptom free for 24 hours, without medication, before re-entry.
- Red, draining eyes.
- Intense itching with signs and symptoms of secondary infection.
- Open, draining lesions that cannot be contained in a clean, dry bandage.
- Symptoms likely to be Covid-19: at least two of the following symptoms: fever/chills, fatigue, body/muscle aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea/vomiting or diarrhea or at least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
- Quarantine Period for symptoms likely to be Covid-19: The individual may return to school/work when fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication AND at least 10 days have passed since symptom onset OR until the individual receives a negative PCR or antigen test OR until the individual receives a doctor's note indicating an alternative diagnosis for the symptoms and releasing the individual to return to school/work.
- Quarantine Period for Confirmed Covid-19: The individual may return to school/work when fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication AND at least 10 days have passed since symptom onset AND symptoms have improved.
Scientific Brief on Community Cloth Mask Use
Contact Information
Email: christina.allen@pisd.edu
Website: https://www.pisd.edu/coviddashboard
Location: 7500 Marchman Way, Plano, TX, USA
Phone: 469-752-2309