Health
Health
On this page you will find the various medical forms your student may need for the school year, along with some helpful forms regarding health related absences.
Mrs. Madison Gray is Spangler’s health clerk. If your student has any medicine they need to take during school hours, please reach out to her. In order for Mrs. Madison to properly and safely care for your student, we must have your child’s care plan on file, along with the appropriate medication authorization form.
Please review the three forms below:
- Self-Carry/Administration Form – For students who are able to safely carry and administer their own medication at school.
- Medication Administration Form – For students who require an adult on-site to assist with or administer their medication.
- Anaphylaxis/Allergy Form – For students with allergies that may result in an anaphylactic reaction.
Please complete one form for EACH medication your child requires at school.
After selecting the appropriate form, please forward it to your child’s physician for completion. Once the physician has completed the form, you may return it to the school through ParentSquare, email, or in person at the school office.
Immunizations
- Polio: Age 4-6: 4 doses, 3 ok if one given after age 4: age 7 and older: 4 doses, 3 ok if one given after age 2
- DTAP/DTP/DT: AGE 4-6: 5 doses, 4 ok if one given after age 4. Age 7 and older: 4 doses, 3 ok if one given after age 2
- TDAP: 7th grade: 1 dose, must be given after age 7
- MMR: age 4-6: 2 doses, must be given after age 1
- Hepatitis B: 3 doses
- Varicella: 2 doses
Medical Exemption:
As of Jan 1, 2021, a law enacted by Senate Bills 276 and 714 requires new medical exemptions to be issued using a State database and a standardized medical exemption form. Immunization exemption letters are no longer acceptable.
Medical exemptions issued using the California Immunization Registry-Medical Exemption website (CAIR-ME) are the only medical exemptions schools and pre-kindergarten facilities can accept from students entering a new grade span in 2021 and beyond. These medical exemptions are subject to CDPH review and may be revoked. Schools, child care facilities and parents will be notified if an exemption is revoked.
Please visit SHOTS FOR SCHOOL to see updated medical exemption FAQs and additional information about immunization requirements.
- Click here for California State Required K-12 Immunization Requirements (Spanish)
- CALIFORNIA IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR K-12 GRADE
- Click here for Parent's Guide to Immunizations Required for School Entry (Spanish | Vietnamese)
- Click here to view list of Santa Clara County Pediatric Immunization Clinics (Spanish | Vietnamese)
Illness Related Absences
For the safety and protection of all, students should not attend school and may be sent home for any symptom listed below:
- Temperature of 100 degrees or above and not feeling well
- Students should be fever-free, without the use of medication, for 24 hours before returning to school
- Diarrhea or Nausea accompanied by vomiting
- Students experiencing diarrhea or severe nausea and/or vomiting, must be kept at home for 48 hours after they no longer have symptoms
- Pain that does not subside after approximately 15 to 20 minutes rest
- Appears ill, even though symptoms are vague
- Any combination of cold symptoms with fever or if a student is too lethargic to participate in school.
- Flu symptoms: aching accompanied by fever
- Conjunctivitis (redness of eyes) with tearing or discharge
- Severe or worsening earache
- Severe toothache
- Unknown rash
- A note may be required verifying whether the rash is contagious or not
For contagious disease, students will need a doctor’s note verifying they can come back to school:
- All absences due to the contagious disease will be marked as “Illness” and be excused
For families who call in for an illness that is NOT a contagious disease:
- 3 or more days absent will require a doctor’s note
- If a doctor’s note, proof of video conference with doctor, is not submitted, the absence will be changed from Illness to Unexcused
If a student is at school with any of these symptoms, a parent/guardian will be called to pick up the student. Protocols for illness and outbreaks may change based on directions from the Public Health Department. Under certain circumstances, parents may be asked to consult a physician and provide a written note from that physician indicating that the student may return to school.
Thank you for helping keep our community safe and healthy!
