If a student becomes ill or injured at school and needs to leave school, the parent will be contacted. In case a parent cannot be reached, the office must have the phone number of a responsible person who can be reached at all times who will assume temporary care of your child. In emergency situations, when parents or a responsible person cannot be reached, medical attention will be provided at a medical facility at the parent's expense. Patents of students with communicable or contagious diseases are asked to notify the nurses' office of the disease. Students with fever should not return to school until they are fever-free for 24 hours

All students are required to have an emergency information form on file in the nurse's office. Please list at least three neighbors or nearby relatives who will assume temporary care of your child if you cannot be reached. If you have a change of address or need to include another emergency number, please contact the school nurse so that the emergency form can be updated. Please include any medical problems that your child may have.

If a student has an ongoing medical problem which requires special attention and/or restrictions at school, parents will need to furnish the school with an updated written note from the physician at the beginning of each school year and additional information as needed.

Please do not send your child to school if the following exist:

1.Fever of 100.4 degrees or greater. Please do not give aspirin, Tylenol, etc. for fever before sending your child to school.
2.Vomiting
3.Diarrhea

As a required state law, the following health appraisals will be conducted on students of BISD:

1.Vision and hearing screenings will be conducted on all students in grades Pre-K, K, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th as well as all students who are new to Texas. Students, parents, and teachers may request screening anytime during the school year. If problems are found, a parent/guardian will be notified by letter and/or by phone.
2.Spinal screening will be conducted on all 5th & 8th grade students and students in grades 6th & 9th who were not screened in the prior school year. If medical problems are found, parent/guardian will be notified by letter and/or by phone. If you do not want your child's spine checked by the school health service, staff, you must provide the school nurse with documentation of results from your physician by the end of the first semester.

No medication will be given without a written order from your doctor and written permission from a parent. The following forms may be downloaded and completed and must be returned to your school nurse:

Please see the download section for Parent Permission Form for Medication
This includes all prescription and over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, Tylenol, antihistamines, throat lozenges, cough syrup, cough drip, etc. Under NO circumstances will medications be administered that is not brought to school in the prescription bottle or original container. The school does not furnish medications. Medications sent to school for a student will be kept in the nurse's office. Please make every effort to give our child's medication at home if possible.