Where is the clinic?

We are located at the front of the building.  After signing in at the front office and going through the door to the rotunda, the clinic is to the left.

 What do you need to know about the health of my student?

Yearly, parents/guardians will be requested to review/update their student’s health issues (if any) including allergies, current and previous health conditions and current medications (including those taken at home). Please keep the clinic updated of health issues, medication changes, extended illness and hospitalizations during the year. This is important information to keep current in our records. 

 What health information is shared with the faculty?

Critical alerts such as insulin dependent diabetes, life-threatening allergies, and seizures are shared with the student’s teachers each semester.

Other health concerns are shared if this knowledge or lack of knowledge may affect your student’s health, safety, or educational needs. I respect your wishes in this area.

 What if my student is ill?

Please keep you student home if he/she has had a temperature of 100 degrees or higher within the past 24 hours (giving Tylenol, Advil, or generic equivalents to lower the temp does not count), if your student is throwing up before school, if he/she has had diarrhea within the past 24 hours or if he/she is feeling too ill to come to school.

If your student gets ill with any of these symptoms at school, he or she has to go home.

 How does my student contact me about illnesses or injuries at school?

Your student needs to come to the clinic. . Your student can contact you anytime from the clinic. 

 Who can pick up my student?

A parent or guardian should pick up a student. If you choose to send a family member or friend, please speak to us first so we do not keep this person standing in the clinic while we try to contact you. If your student cannot reach you and has exhausted every contact number for you and left verbal messages for you, we will attempt to contact your designated alternates.

 Is my student excused if he goes home from the clinic?

Yes, the clinic sign-out sheet serves as your note for that day only. If you are told that your student must remain home for the next day, you must provide a note for the attendance office.

 What is the proper way to handle medications needed during the school day?

Students are not allowed to carry medications at school.. All medication must be delivered to clinic by the parent or guardian, in the original container, with paperwork stating the full name of the student, the physician’s name, the name of the medication, the amount of medication to be given, when the medication is to be given, the length of time the medication is to be given, the reason the medication is to be given and your signature and date. All prescription medications and OTC medications to be given more than 15 times also require a physician signature. District medication/health forms are located on the FBISD website: https://www.fortbendisd.com/Page/888 Emergency meds have different forms that must be updated yearly. Please see the nurse at the beginning of each school year.

Medications should be picked up within 2 weeks of the end of treatment or at the end of the school year. Medications left at the end of the school year will be discarded.

 What about immunizations?

Parents/guardians are responsible for providing and updating the required immunization records for your student to enter school and remain in school. We send reminders of upcoming immunization due dates for your convenience.

 What if my student is injured, temporarily disabled or recovering from an illness or surgery?

Please provide documentation from your physician. We can write a pass for additional time between classes, contact teachers/coaches about activity restrictions and other needed classroom interventions. Please keep us informed!

 What about email communication?

The clinic uses SNAP for electronic health record management.   This software can aid in parent communication via email.  For confidentiality purposes the emails are encrypted—a password is required to access the email.  Parents can request the nurse re-send the password.  Please keep this password in a secure location as it will remain the clinic password throughout the remainder of your child’s education in FBISD.

 Please call, email or come by the clinic anytime. You are always welcome!