School Nurse Reminders from the nurses: Illnesses: * If your child has a fever (100.0 or greater), please keep him/her home until their temperature is normal for 24 hours without the help of fever reducing medication. * Please keep your child home from school if (s)he has vomiting or diarrhea. * A child with pink eye, conjunctivitis should stay home until (s)he is on the medicine for 24 hours. Medication: * No medication, prescription or over the counter, may be dispensed without the written order of a licensed physician and parental consent. All orders must be renewed each school year. * All medications must be in the original container, properly labeled, with valid dates, and delivered to the school by a responsible adult. * Medication not retrieved by the end of the year will be destroyed. Screening/Vaccines: *If you received a letter saying that your child is missing a vaccine or failed a vision, hearing or scoliosis screening with us, please follow up with his/her doctor and submit a copy of that visit to us. *Massachusetts state law requires all high school students have a physical by the end of 10th grader. Please submit a copy if you haven’t already. Vaping Awareness: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/18/760635457/the-vaping-illness-outbreak-what-we-know-so-far https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/SGR_ECig_ParentTipSheet_508.pdf The School Health Program is open every school day. It is staffed by two nurses certified by the Massachusetts Department of Education. They are: Ms. Hickey- hickey@tri-county.us Ms. Bourgette- bourgette@tri-county.us Phone: 508-528-5400 Ms. Hickey x130 Ms. Bourgette x107 Fax: 508-528-6074 (Attn: School Nurse) IMPORTANT LINKS & FORMS Mandatory Student Health Form (pdf) Wellness Policy (pdf) Asthma Emergency Care Plan (pdf) Medication Permission Form (pdf) School-Based Medicaid Program Bulletin 32 (pdf) Universal Precautions & General Guidelines (pdf) Allergy Action Plan Crisis Text Line Mass. Health Insurance Application Sports Concussion Awareness Tri-County Regional 147 Pond Street Franklin, MA 02038 508-528-5400 Our Campus Contact Us Admissions News/Events Career Programs Academics About Us Non-Discrimination Policy It is the policy of Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School not to discriminate onthe basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, veterans’ status, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or homelessness in its educational programs, full range of any occupational/vocational education program, extra‐curricular and school-based activities or employment policies as required by Title IX of 1972 Education Amendments and Chapter 622 The Acts of 1971. Our policy is also in full compliance with the laws of The United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and all applicable regulations thereto with regard to special education and education of the handicapped [Chapter 766, PL94‐142 and section 504 of Rehabilitation Acts of 1973 and Chapter 74 Vocational Education in Massachusetts. Copyright All Right Reserved 2019, Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School District Translate »