School Nurse

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL IF YOU ANSWER YES TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS!!

1. Has your student been in close contact (less than 6 feet apart for 15 minutes or more cumulatively) with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days?

2. Has someone in your household tested positive for COVID-19?

3. Is anyone in your household waiting for a COVID-19 test result?

4. Has my student been told to quarantine at home?

5. Is anyone in your household experiencing COVID-19 symptoms? See symptoms listed below.

If you answer YES to any of these questions, DO NOT send your student to school. Call your school and explain why your student will not be at school and the Greendale School District Nurse will be in contact with you to discuss when your student can return to in person learning.

Does my student have symptoms consistent with COVID-19?

Does your student have any one of the following symptoms?

• Cough
• Shortness of breath
• Difficulty breathing
• Loss of taste or smell  

Does your student have two or more of the following symptoms?

• Temperature greater than or equal to 100.4
• Chills Muscle Aches
• Headache Sore Throat
• Fatigue Nasal Congestion/Runny Nose
• Diarrhea Nausea
• Vomiting

*If you answered YES to either of the above questions, your student has symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19. Your student with symptoms, as well as ALL students living in this household cannot come to school and will need to be cleared to return to school. 

*To clear your student to return to school, you must complete one of the following- (Please email the Greendale District Nurse at kelley.kraninger@greendaleschools.org to notify her what you are planning to do to clear your students to return to school.)

1. Get tested for COVID-19 and have a negative result. Email proof of the negative result to kelley.kraninger@greendaleschools.org

2. See a healthcare provider and have your student be diagnosed with something other than COVID-19 (Strep Throat, Mono, etc). The health care provider must write an excuse stating what your student is diagnosed with and that the symptoms are not related to COVID-19. Email this excuse to kelley.kraninger@greendaleschools.org

3. Your student with symptoms quarantines at home for 10 days. All other students living in your household will need to quarantine for 14 days starting after the symptomatic student’s 10 day quarantine ends. The Greendale School District Nurse will be in contact with you to determine the date your students can return to in person learning.

Please contact the Greendale School District Nurse with any questions - kelley.kraninger@greendaleschools.org

• All Medications are required to be labeled and in their original containers.
• Medications should be kept in the school office.

If you choose not to have an allergy action plan or medications in school for your son/daughter, the waiver form MUST be completed and returned to school.  Environmental or Food Allergy Action Plan Waiver Form

• COVID-19-related symptoms.
• If your child has been given antibiotics, they should be on the antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school and when you feel they can participate.  Remember to have your child take ALL of the antibiotics, even after they start to feel better.
• Contagious skin rashes such as ringworm, impetigo.  Follow your health care provider’s recommendations.
• Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis).  It is usually recommended that a student can return to school 24 hours after treatment has started.
• Head Lice.  Head Lice (pediculosis) Information for Families