Notes from West Cypress Hills' Nurse, Dana Hensel, RN, NCSN
All students and staff are required to self screen for COVID-19 related symptoms prior to arrival at school. Parents are asked to take their child's temperature daily.
Screening questions:
- *feeling feverish or a temperature of 100.0 F or above
- *loss of taste or smell
- *cough
- *difficulty breathing
- *shortness of breath
- *headache
- *chills
- *sore throat
- *muscle or body aches
- *diarrhea, nausea or vomiting
- *fatigue
- *congestion or runny nose
- *Has the individual had close contact with an individual who is lab-confirmed with COVID-19?
Additional screening may be conducted during the school day as warranted. Students not feeling well during the school day will be sent to the clinic for a nursing assessment if classroom interventions have not been successful. If a student has suspected symptoms of COVID-19, parents will be called and the student will be sent home from school.
Students sent home from school must meet the Re-entry Protocols outlined in the district handbook which you can find here: https://www.ltisdschools.org/COVID-19
The Re-Entry protocol includes:
- Student must be fever free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication;
- Improved symptoms;
- At least 10 days have passed since symptoms began.
If the student is sent home with symptoms that could be COVID-19 and wants to return to school before completing the above 3 criteria, the student must:
- obtain a medical professional's note clearing the individual for return based on an alternative diagnosis or
- obtain an acute infection test that comes back negative for COVID-19.
Please contact our Nurse Dana Hensel, RN, 512.533.7593 or henseld@ltisdschools.org
with any questions. She will be happy to help you in any way.
West Cypress Hills Elementary
