• The clinic is run by a trained adult and NOT a registered nurse.
• First aid will be administered in the clinic
• Medication can only be given if instructions and a signed, dated note from the physician or parent/guardian accompany the medication
• No child is to carry medication on his/her person.
• All medication must be housed in the clinic.
• Parents may bring medications to the clinic and fill out a GCPS Administration of Medication Request form.
• If your child has other health issues such as asthma or severe allergies, you will need to complete a health plan for that as well.
  • These plans may be sent to you electronically or you may fill them out in person when you bring in medications.
  • Students who must carry an inhaler or Epi-pen on their person may do so, but he/she must have a doctor's signature on the proper health plans on record in the clinic. 
• All medications housed in the clinic must be picked up by a parent/guardian at the end of the school year or it will be disposed of.
  • A letter will be sent home in May to remind you. 
• Parents will be called if a student is too sick to remain at school, have been seriously injured, or are running a temperature of 101 degrees or greater.
  • When your child is ill, or running a temperature, or has diarrhea, or vomiting, please do not send him/her to school.
  • If you do need to check your student out due to illness, he/she will only be released to an adult listed on the clinic card and they must show proper photo I.D.
• Ill students may be checked out from the clinic.

*It is critical for the school to have current phone numbers on file in the event of an emergency.