A. No. The School Nurse will discuss with you what vaccines will be needed and be able to provide area resources to vaccination clinics if needed. For a list of minimum immunizations required for your child to attend school, please see the DSHS Minimum State Vaccine Requirements for Students Grades K-12

A. A school nurse or administrator who discovers or becomes aware that a child enrolled in a District elementary school has lice shall provide written or electronic notice to all parents of students in the same grade level within 5 days. (TEC 38.031)

A. Often times the University of Houston Low Vision Clinic is able to help families out with financial assistance for eye exams and glasses. Contact your School Nurse for more information on PISD partnership programs like See to Succeed and other resources for vision assistance.

A. Unfortunately our School Nurses are not able to administer non-prescription medications to your child without the parent’s signed consent and the parent providing the medication. Further, if your child is unwell, running a fever, or has other symptoms of a contagious illness, the student should be at home resting and recovering.

A. Head lice is common among school-aged children, does not cause disease and is not a public health hazard. Head lice are most commonly spread by direct head-to-head contact, and are proven to have low contagion in classrooms (American Academy of Pediatrics). Lice do not fly, and their specially adapted feet make jumping impossible and holding on to smooth surfaces like plastic or metal (i.e. helmets or headphones) very difficult. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the potential spread due to contact with an infested person’s clothing or other personal items (such as hats, scarves, coats, combs, brushes or towels) is very uncommon, and hygiene/cleanliness in the home or school has nothing to do with getting head lice.

A. Pasadena ISD follows the Texas Department of State Health Services Communicable Disease Exclusionary chart for daycares and schools. Your child may return after 24 hours of being fever free without the use of a fever reducing medication and vomiting or diarrhea free for 24 hours without the use of diarrhea suppressing medications. (Vomiting is two or more times in a 24-hour period. Diarrhea is three or more episodes of loose stools in a 24-hour period.)