It is cold and flu season and with rising concerns about the Coronavirus, it is important to stay healthy and informed! Please use the following links to the CDC and Vermont Department of Health for further information on Coronavirus.
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Vermont DOH: https://www.healthvermont.gov/response/infectious-disease/2019-novel-coronavirus
The best thing people can do to prevent infection is to practice good hand washing techniques. Please see this video for more information on hand hygiene.
More information about the Coronavirus can be found in these fact sheets:
REMINDER: If your child becomes sick and has a fever, they should not return to school until their temperature is less than 100F for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications (Tylenol/Ibuprofen/Motrin/ Advil).
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the school nurse or your healthcare provider.
We want to be sure our students are as healthy as possible! While we certainly want each student to attend school regularly and keep absences to the bare minimum, there are times when it is in everyone's best interest for a student to remain at home. A person with symptoms of a potentially infectious illness puts everyone at risk for becoming ill.
A student SHOULD NOT come to school with any of the following symptoms and will be sent home if exhibiting these:
A student CAN BE SENT to school with the following symptoms:
The State of Vermont requires that all student attending public school must be vaccinated. Immunizations protect both individuals and the community. Current Vermont law is as follows:
Students entering kindergarten must provide documentation of the following:
Student entering the 7th grade must provide documentation (by the first day of 7th grade) of the following:
PLEASE NOTE: These requirements also apply to students in any grade entering a new school outside their previous supervisory union, so 6th and 8th graders who are transferring into the Hartford School District from another school district must be compliant with the regulations as well.
Per state law, an official immunization record must be presented to the school upon admission. If a student does not meet the vaccine requirements, he or she may be admitted provisionally only after the school nurse approves a compliance plan for the child. Failure to meet requirements may result in exclusion from public school attendance until such time as the immunization requirements are met and written documentation is provided to the school nurse.
If your child has had recent immunizations, please have his or her physician fax or mail a copy of the immunizations to the school nurse. Please note that if your child has had the chickenpox disease, you can print out the chickenpox documentation letter (see the box on the left of the page for the link to the form), complete and sign the form, and return it to the school nurse. You do NOT need to have a physician sign the form. However, all other proof of immunization must be on official documents from the student's physician.
If your child does not have a medical provider in the area, the immunizations can be given free of charge at the local health department. You can call 295-8820 for information concerning appointments. Your child must receive any missing vaccinations (and written documentation of vaccines must be given to the school) within 30 days of enrolling in school (unless other arrangements have been made with the school nurse).
If you have any questions, please call me at the nurse's office. Additionally, information about immunizations and required forms may be found at: