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Seniors who applied for a parking spot
and did not receive a "parking denial" letter may stop
in the main office and pick up your parking tag during the following
days or the first day of school:
July: 22, 23, 28, 29, 30
August: 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25,
26, 27
MEDICATION POLICY CHANGE
All parents will be receiving a letter this summer to advise
them about a medication policy change in our schools. We need
to make this change to bring us into compliance with the Professional
Nursing Law of PA (P.L. 317, No. 69). In addition to the legal
consideration, our students' safety is always our first concern.
Because we continue to see an increase in the number of students
who take prescription medicine on a regular basis, we are increasingly
concerned about the possibility of drug interactions when additional
medicine is sent into school. Therefore, effective September
2009, Great Valley School District will require a physician written
order for the school nurses to administer any medication
sent into our schools.
Our goal is to make this policy change as easy as possible
for parents while we work to ensure our students' safety.
Compliance with this policy change can happen in a number
of ways:
- Securing a written order from the doctor at the time
of the appointment or yearly physical appointment for a medication
taken as needed throughout the year,
- Requesting the doctor to fax a written prescription order
to the school nurse,
- Administering the medicine before or after school.
- You may administer medication to your student at school.
Please remember that your consent for some "over-the-counter"
medications is given via your signature on the Annual Emergency/Medical
Update Card, issued to you every June. These medications include:
- Acetaminophen (generic Tylenol),
- Ibuprofen (generic Advil or Motrin),
- Calcium Antacid (generic TUMS),
- For Emergency Only:
1. Diphenhydramine HCl (generic Benadryl),
2. Epinephrine Auto-Injector ,"EpiPen"
These medications will not need an additional doctor's written
order. If you have not returned your child's Emergency/Medical
Update Card, please do so as soon as possible.
We thank you in advance for your support in keeping our students
safe and keeping us in compliance with our Nursing Law. The new
form can be found in your elementary handbook in the fall, and
right here online via the "Forms" link on the left.
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