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Arlington Public Schools health services are provided by the School Health Bureau of the Public Health Division of Arlington County’s Department of Human Services. The mission of the School Health Bureau is to provide students and their families with preventive and early intervention services that enable the student to learn to the best of his or her potential.
Our School is staffed with a School Health Aide. Additionally, we have an assigned Public Health Nurse (PHN). School Public Health Nurses cover anywhere from 1 to 3 schools.
Contact
School Health Office Phone: 703-228-8109
School Health Aide
Pamela Jimenez
703-228-8109
Public Health Nurse
Austin Hodge
703-228-8111
- Please contact the school health office and the school attendance line for all absences related to illness.
- The school health office will be open Monday-Friday during school hours by appointment.
- All medications must be dropped off by a parent or guardian. Please call the school health office for an appointment to drop off medications or update your student’s health information.
School Health Entry Requirements
Per the Code of Virginia (§ 22.1-271.2. Immunization requirements (virginia.gov) and § 22.1-270. Preschool physical examinations (virginia.gov)), students must meet school health entry requirements. School health staff will be following up with parents of students who are missing required vaccines and physical examinations.
More information about school health entry requirements is available online.
Links for More Information & Forms
Attendance Procedure Due to Illness
Please contact the school health office and the school attendance line for all absences related to illness every day your child is out sick. After 3 days with illness, documentation from physician is required
- School health office: 703-228-8109
- School attendance line: call 703-228-8104 or email barcroft.attendance@apsva.us
Illness Procedure
If your student was sent home for symptoms of illness and/or a fever. A fever is a body temperature of 100.4°F or higher.
Students should stay home if they show signs of illness the night before or the morning of school. Please do not administer medications such as Advil/Tylenol to a student having fever or discomfort and then send them to school.The clinic staff will call parents/guardians to pick up students if they show signs of illness while at school that interfere with their ability to participate in school activities, such as fever, persistent stomach or headache, persistent vomiting, diarrhea, sore throat, etc.
Students who may have a contagious illness should not be in school.
Clearance to Return to School After Illness
In general, students may not return to school until they have been fever-free and vomiting/diarrhea-free for 24 hours without the use of medications, with other symptoms improving, and are well enough to participate in school activities.
Students diagnosed with a bacterial illness such as bacterial conjunctivitis (pink eye) or strep throat may return to school when they have been on antibiotics for 24 hours and are feeling better. Students experiencing COVID-like illness should be tested for COVID-19 before returning to school.
Students experiencing COVID-like illness are strongly recommended to test for COVID-19 before returning to school but are no longer required to submit documentation of a negative test result for clearance. If the result is positive, families are encouraged to follow the APS COVID procedures found here: https://www.apsva.us/health-safety/covid-19/
For more information visit the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html
Injury Accommodation
If your student suffers an injury and needs accommodations in school, such as limited P.E., please submit a doctor’s note to the clinic. This will enable the clinic staff to inform all teachers.