No over-the-counter medication shall be administered at school, unless the school has the parent/guardian's written permission. 

Prescription medication will be dispersed to students during a school day only if the following requirements are met:

1.       Medication must be in the original container, from the pharmacy with the directions clearly stated.  This serves two purposes: signifies permission from the doctor and includes directions from the pharmacist.  Pharmacists will supply another labeled container for school upon request when the prescription is filled.  NO BAGGIES OR ENVELOPES WILL BE ACCEPTED AT SCHOOL.  It is the parent’s responsibility to ensure that the medication is current and that all information regarding the medication is current.

2.         Parents/guardians must give written authorization for the administration of the medication.  It is the parent’s responsibility to ensure that the information provided to the district, including, but not limited to the written authorization, is current.

Students are to bring all medications to the school office immediately upon their arrival at school.  Students are not to carry over-the-counter medications with them during the school day unless approved by the school nurse.  Students are not to carry prescription medication with them during the school day unless ordered by the physician and cleared by the school nurse.

Medication on school premises shall be kept in a locked container in a limited access storage space.  Only appropriate personnel shall have access to the locked container.  Each school or facility shall designate in writing the specific locked and limited access space within each building to store pupil medication.  More specifically, the following requirements shall be followed:

1.       In each building in which a full-time registered nurse is assigned, access to medication locked in a designated space shall be under the authority of the nurse.

2.       In each building in which a less than full-time registered nurse is assigned, access to the medication shall be under the authority of the principal.

Emergency protocols for medication-related reactions shall be posted.

A written medication administration record shall be on file, including:

•           date;

•           student's name;

•           prescriber or person authorizing administration;

•           medication;

•           medication dosage;

•           administration time;

•           administration method;

•           signature and title of the person administering medication; and

•           any unusual circumstances, actions, or omissions.

 

Medication information shall be confidential information and shall be available to school personnel with parental authorization.

Students and parents/guardians shall be provided with the requirements for medication procedures by the school annually.

 

__________________________________  ___/___/___    _________________  ___/___/___
Student’s Name (Last), (First)  (Middle)            Birthday                  School                   Date

 

In order for a student to self-administer medication for asthma or any airway constricting disease the following must be on file with the district’s school nurse:

• Parent/guardian provides signed, dated authorization for student medication self-administration.
• Physician (person licensed under chapter 148, 150, or 150A, physician, physician’s assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or other person licensed or registered to distribute or dispense a prescription drug or device in the course of professional practice in Iowa in accordance with section 147.107, or a person licensed by another state in a health field in which, under Iowa law, licensees in this state may legally prescribe drugs) provides written authorization containing:
  
  • purpose of the medication,
  • prescribed dosage,
  • times or;
  • special circumstances under which the medication is to be administered.
• The medication is in the original, labeled container as dispensed or the manufacturer’s labeled container containing the student name, name of the medication, directions for use, and date.
• Authorization is renewed annually.  If any changes occur in the medication, dosage or time of administration, the parent is to notify school officials immediately. The authorization shall be reviewed as soon as practical.

Provided the above requirements are fulfilled, a student with asthma or other airway constricting disease may possess and use the student’s medication while in school, at school-sponsored activities, under the supervision of school personnel, and before or after normal school activities, such as while in before-school or after-school care on school-operated property. If the student abuses the self-administration policy, the ability to self- administer may be withdrawn by the school or discipline may be imposed.

Pursuant to state law, the school district or accredited nonpublic school and its employees are to incur no liability, except for gross negligence, as a result of any injury arising from self-administration of medication by the student. The parent or guardian of the student shall sign a statement acknowledging that the school district or nonpublic school is to incur no liability, except for gross negligence, as a result of self-administration of medication by the student as established by Iowa Code § 280.16.

 

__                                                                                                                                               
Medication                  Dosage                        Route                                                  Time

                                                                                                                                               
Purpose of Medication & Administration /Instructions

                                                                                                            /           /          
Special Circumstances                                                            Discontinue/Re-Evaluate/
                                                                                                 Follow-up Date

 

                                                                                                            /     /      
Prescriber’s Signature                                                             Date

                                                                                                                                               
Prescriber’s Address                                                              Emergency Phone

• I request the above named student possess and self-administer asthma or other airway constricting disease medication(s) at school and in school activities according to the authorization and instructions.
• I understand the school district and its employees acting reasonably and in good faith shall incur no liability for any improper use of medication or for supervising, monitoring, or interfering with a student’s self-administration of medication
• I agree to coordinate and work with school personnel and notify them when questions arise or relevant conditions change.
• I agree to provide safe delivery of medication and equipment to and from school and to pick up remaining medication and equipment.
• I agree the information is shared with school personnel in accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
• I agree to provide the school with back-up medication approved in this form.
• (Student maintains self-administration record.) (Note: This bullet is recommended but not required.)

 

                                                                                                            /           /          
Parent/Guardian Signature                                                     Date
(agreed to above statement)                           

 

                                                                                                                                               
Parent/Guardian Address                                                       Home Phone

                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                Business Phone

                                                                                                                                               
Self-Administration Authorization Additional Information                                                  

 

_________________________________  ___/___/___    _________________  ___/___/___
Student’s Name (Last), (First),  (Middle)           Birthday                  School                   Date

School medications and health services are administered following these guidelines:

• Parent has provided a signed, dated authorization to administer medication and/or provide the health service.
• The medication is in the original, labeled container as dispensed or the manufacturer’s labeled container.
• The medication label contains the student’s name, name of the medication, directions for use, and date.
• Authorization is renewed annually and immediately when the parent notifies the school that changes are necessary.

_____                                                                                                                                                             
Medication/Health Care                      Dosage                                    Route                    Time at School

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

Administration instructions

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

Special Directives, Signs to Observe and Side Effects

            /           /          
Discontinue/Re-Evaluate/Follow-up Date

                                                                                                /           /          
Prescriber’s Signature                                                 Date

                                                                                                                                   
Prescriber’s Address                                                  Emergency Phone

I request the above named student carry medication at school and school activities, according to the prescription, instructions, and a written record kept. Special considerations are noted above. The information is confidential except as provided to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).  I agree to coordinate and work with school personnel and prescriber when questions arise. I agree to provide safe delivery of medication and equipment to and from school and to pick up remaining medication and equipment.

                                                                                                            /           /          
Parent’s Signature                                                                   Date

                                                                                                                                   
Parent’s Address                                                                    Home Phone

                                                                                                                                   
Additional Information                                                             Business Phone

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

Authorization Form

 

 

CONCISE DESCRIPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR

EXCLUSION OF CASES FROM SCHOOL

 

DISEASE *Immunization is available	Usual Interval Between Exposure and First Symptoms of Disease	MAIN SYMPTOMS	Minimum Exclusion From School
CHICKENPOX*	13 to 17 days	Mild symptoms and fever.  Pocks are "blistery."  Develop scabs, most on covered parts of body.	7 days from onset of pocks or until pocks become dry
CONJUNCTIVITIS (PINK EYE)	24 to 72 hours	Tearing, redness and puffy lids, eye discharge.	Until treatment begins or physician approves readmission.
ERYTHEMIA INFECTIOSUM (5TH DISEASE)	4 to 20 days	Usual age 5 to 14 years – unusual in adults.  Brief prodrome of low-grade fever followed by Erythemia (slapped cheek) appearance on cheeks, lace-like rash on extremities lasting a few days to 3 weeks.  Rash seems to recur.	After diagnosis no exclusion from school.
GERMAN MEASLES* (RUBELLA)	14 to 23 days	Usually mild.  Enlarged glands in neck and behind ears.  Brief red rash.	7 days from onset of rash.  Keep away from pregnant women.
HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS	2 to 4 days	Fever, vomiting, lethargy, stiff neck and back.	Until physician permits return.
HEPATITIS A	Variable – 15 to 50 (average 28 to 30 days)	Abdominal pain, nausea, usually fever.  Skin and eyes may or may not turn yellow.	14 days from onset of clinical disease and at least 7 days from onset of jaundice.
IMPETIGO	1 to 3 days	Inflamed sores, with puss.	48 hours after antibiotic therapy started or until physician permits return
MEASLES*	10 days to fever, 14 days to rash	Begins with fever, conjunctivitis, runny nose, cough, then blotchy red rash.	4 days from onset of rash.
MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS	2 to 10 days (commonly 3 to 4 days)	Headache, nausea, stiff neck, fever.	Until physician permits return.
MUMPS*	12 to 25 (commonly 18) days	Fever, swelling and tenderness of glands at angle of jaw.	9 days after onset of swollen glands or until swelling disappears.
PEDICULOSIS (HEAD/BODY LICE)	7 days for eggs to hatch	Lice and nits (eggs) in hair.	24 hours after adequate treatment to kill lice and nits.
RINGWORM OF SCALP	10 to 14 days	Scaly patch, usually ring shaped, on scalp.	No exclusion from school.  Exclude from gymnasium, swimming pools, contact sports.
SCABIES	2 to 6 weeks initial exposure; 1 to 4 days reexposure	Tiny burrows in skin caused by mites.	Until 24 hours after treatment.
SCARLET FEVER SCARLATINA STREP THROAT	1 to 3 days	Sudden onset, vomiting, sore throat, fever, later fine rash (not on face).  Rash usually with first infection.	24 hours after antibiotics started and no fever.
WHOOPING COUGH* (PERTUSSIS)	7 to 10 days	Head cold, slight fever, cough, characteristic whoop after 2 weeks.	5 days after start of antibiotic treatment.

 

The undersigned(s) are the parent(s), guardian(s), or person(s) in charge of ____________________________________ (student’s full legal name), who is in the ______ grade at the _________________________ building in the Red Oak Community School District.

I am requesting that the above student should not be exposed to or should be minimally exposed to the following irritant(s) and/or allergen(s) because such irritant(s) and/or allergen(s) pose a risk to the student’s health and safety during the school day:  (Attach additional sheets if necessary):

(a) Irritant and/or Allergen: _______________________________________________________

      Why Requesting Limited Exposure (i.e., identified allergy, doctor’s request, other reason):  

      _________________________________________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________

      Possible Exposure Symptom(s):_______________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________

      Proposed Plan for Limiting Exposure: ___________________________________________

      _________________________________________________________________________

Parental Authorization and Release Form for the Administration of Medication to Student:

_____ I have completed a Parental Authorization and Release Form for the Administration of Medication to Student so that the Red Oak Community School District, or its authorized representative, may administer medicine to the above-named student in the case of exposure to an irritant or an allergic reaction.

-OR-

_____ I have NOT completed a Parental Authorization and Release Form for the Administration of Medication to Student, and do not intend to do such.

 

Meeting with District Regarding Limiting Student Exposure to Irritant(s) and/or Allergen(s):

_____ I wish to request a meeting with the District to discuss the above student’s exposure to irritant(s) and/or allergen(s), and, if appropriate, develop a plan to limit the above student’s exposure to irritant(s) and/or allergen(s).

-OR-

_____ I DO NOT wish to request a meeting with the District to discuss the above student’s exposure to irritant(s) and/or allergen(s).

 

___________________________________                                                  _________________
(Signature of Parent/Guardian)                                                                       (Date)

 

___________________________________                                                  _________________
(Printed Name of Parent/Guardian)                                                                (Phone Number)

 

Some students who require special education need special health services in order to participate in the educational program.  These students will receive special health services in accordance with their individualized educational program.

A.    Definitions

“Assignment and delegation” - occurs when licensed health personnel, in collaboration with the education team, determine the special health services to be provided and the qualifications of individuals performing the health services.  Primary consideration is given to the recommendation of the licensed health personnel.  Each designation considers the student’s special health service.  The rationale for the designation is documented.  If the designation decision of the team differs from the licensed health professional, team members may file a dissenting opinion.

“Co-administration” - the eligible student’s participation in the planning, management and implementation of the student’s special health service and demonstration of proficiency to licensed health personnel.

“Educational program” - includes all school curricular programs and activities both on and off school grounds.

“Education team” - may include the eligible student, the student’s parent, administrator, teacher, licensed health personnel, and others involved in the student’s educational program.

“Health assessment” - health data collection, observation, analysis, and interpretation relating to the eligible student’s educational program.

“Health instruction” - education by licensed health personnel to prepare qualified designated personnel to deliver and perform special health services contained in the eligible student’s health plan.  Documentation of education and periodic updates are on file at school.

“Individual health plan” - the confidential, written, preplanned and ongoing special health service in the educational program.  It includes assessment, planning, implementation, documentation, evaluation and a plan for emergencies.  The plan is updated as needed and at least annually.  Licensed health personnel develop this written plan with the education team.

“Licensed health personnel” - includes licensed registered nurse, licensed physician, and other licensed health personnel legally authorized to provide special health services and medications.

“Prescriber” - licensed health personnel legally authorized to prescribe special health services and medications.

“Qualified designated personnel” - persons instructed, supervised and competent in implementing the eligible student’s health plan.

“Special health services” - includes, but is not limited to, services for eligible students whose health status (stable or unstable) requires:

• Interpretation or intervention,
• Administration of health procedures and health care, or
• Use of a health device to compensate for the reduction or loss of a body function.

“Supervision” - the assessment, delegation, evaluation and documentation of special health services by licensed health personnel.  Levels of supervision include situations in which licensed health personnel are:   

• physically present.
• available at the same site.
• available on call.

 

B.    Licensed health personnel will provide special health services under the auspices of the school.  Duties of the licensed personnel include the duty to:

• Participate as a member of the education team.
• Provide the health assessment.
• Plan, implement and evaluate the written individual health plan.
• Plan, implement and evaluate special emergency health services.
• Serve as liaison and encourage participation and communication with health service agencies and individuals providing health care.
• Provide health consultation, counseling and instruction with the eligible student, the student’s parent and the staff in cooperation and conjunction with the prescriber.
• Maintain a record of special health services.  The documentation includes the eligible student’s name, special health service, prescriber or person authorizing, date and time, signature and title of the person providing the special health service and any unusual circumstances in the provision of such services.
• Report unusual circumstances to the parent, school administration, and prescriber.
• Assign and delegate to, instruct, provide technical assistance and supervise qualified designated personnel.
• Update knowledge and skills to meet special health service needs.

 

C.    Prior to the provision of special health services the following will be on file:

• Written statement by the prescriber detailing the specific method and schedule of the special health service, when indicated.
• Written statement by the student’s parent requesting the provision of the special health service.
• Written report of the preplanning staffing or meeting of the education team.
• Written individual health plan available in the health record and integrated into the IEP or IFSP.

 

D.    Licensed health personnel, in collaboration with the education team, will determine the special health services to be provided and the qualifications of individuals performing the special health services.  The documented rationale will include the following:

• Analysis and interpretation of the special health service needs, health status stability, complexity of the service, predictability of the service outcome and risk of improperly performed service.
• Determination that the special health service, task, procedure or function is part of the person’s job description.
• Determination of the assignment and delegation based on the student’s needs.
• Review of the designated person’s competency.
• Determination of initial and ongoing level of supervision required to ensure quality services.

 

E.     Licensed health personnel will supervise the special health services, define the level of supervision and document the supervision.

 

F.     Licensed health personnel will instruct qualified designated personnel to deliver and perform special health services contained in the eligible individual health plan.  Documentation of instruction and periodic updates are on file at school.

 

G.    Parents will provide the usual equipment, supplies and necessary maintenance for such.  The equipment is stored in a secure area.  The personnel responsible for the equipment are designated in the individual health plan.  The individual health plan will designate the role of the school, parents, and others in the provision, supply, storage and maintenance of necessary equipment.

 

The school district will provide nutrition education and engage in nutrition promotion that:

• is offered at each grade level K-8, and is an optional course at the high school, as part of a sequential, comprehensive, standards-based program designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and protect their health;
• is part of not only health education classes, but also classroom instruction in subjects such as math, science, language arts, social sciences and elective subjects;
• includes enjoyable, developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant participatory activities, such as contests, promotions, taste-testing, farm visits and school gardens;
• promotes fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat and fat-free dairy products, healthy food preparation methods and health-enhancing nutrition practices;
• emphasizes caloric balance between food intake and physical activity;
• links with meal programs, other foods and nutrition-related community services; and,
• includes training for teachers and other staff.

Approved August 27, 2018

Reviewed November 28, 2022

Revised November 28, 2022

A.         Daily Physical Education

The school district will provide physical education that:

• is for all students in grades K-12 for the entire school year;
• is taught by a certified physical education teacher;
• includes students with disabilities, students with special health-care needs may be provided in alternative educational settings; and,
• engages students in moderate to vigorous activity during at least 50 percent of physical education class time.
   

The total amount of physical education the school district provides is:

• Middle School provides 120 minutes per week
• High School provides 200 minutes per week
   

B.         Daily Recess

Elementary schools should provide recess for students that:

• is at least 20 minutes a day;
• is preferably outdoors;
• encourages moderate to vigorous physical activity verbally and through the provision of space and equipment; and,
• discourages extended periods (i.e., periods of two or more hours) of inactivity.

 

When activities, such as mandatory school-wide testing, make it necessary for students to remain indoors for long periods of time, schools should give students periodic breaks during which they are encouraged to stand and be moderately active.

C.         Physical Activity Opportunities after School

After-school child care and enrichment programs will provide and encourage—verbally, and through the provision of space, equipment and activities—daily periods of moderate to vigorous physical activity for all participants.

D.         Physical Activity as Punishment Prohibited

Employees should not use physical activity (e.g., running laps, push-ups) or withhold opportunities for physical activity (e.g., recess, physical education) as punishment.

Approved August 27, 2018         

Reviewed  November 28, 2022     

Revised  November 28, 2022

 

 

A.         Integrating Physical Activity into Classroom Settings

For students to receive the nationally recommended amount of daily physical activity and for students to fully embrace regular physical activity as a personal behavior, students need opportunities for physical activity beyond the physical education class.  Toward that end, the school district will:

• offer classroom health education that complements physical education by reinforcing the knowledge and self-management skills needed to maintain a physically active lifestyle and to reduce time spent on sedentary activities;
• discourage sedentary activities, such as watching television, playing computer games, etc.;
• provide opportunities for physical activity to be incorporated into other subject lessons; and,
• encourage classroom teachers to provide short physical activity breaks between lessons or classes, as appropriate.

 

B.         Communication with Parents

The school district will support parents’ efforts to provide a healthy diet and daily physical activity for their children.  The school district will:

• offer healthy eating seminars for parents, send home nutrition information, post nutrition tips on school web sites and provide nutrient analyses of school menus;
• encourage parents to pack healthy lunches and snacks and to refrain from including beverages and foods that do not meet the established nutrition standards for individual foods and beverages;
• provide parents a list of foods that meet the school district’s snack standards and ideas for healthy celebrations/parties, rewards and fundraising activities;
• provide opportunities for parents to share their healthy food practices with others in the school community;
• provide information about physical education and other school-based physical activity opportunities before, during and after the school day;
• support parents’ efforts to provide their children with opportunities to be physically active outside of school; and,
• include sharing information about physical activity and physical education through a web site, newsletter, other take-home materials, special events or physical education homework.
   

C.         Food Marketing in Schools

School-based marketing will be consistent with nutrition education and health promotion.  The school district will:

• limit food and beverage marketing to the promotion of foods and beverages that meet the nutrition standards for meals or for foods and beverages sold individually;
• prohibit school-based marketing of brands promoting predominantly low-nutrition foods and beverages;
• promote healthy foods, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products; and
• market activities that promote healthful behaviors (and are therefore allowable) including: vending machine covers promoting water; pricing structures that promote healthy options in ala carte lines; sales of fruit for fundraisers.

 

Examples include marketing techniques include the following: logos and brand names on/in vending machines, books or curricula, textbook covers, school supplies, scoreboards, school structures, and sports equipment; educational incentive programs that provide food as a reward; programs that provide schools with supplies when families buy low-nutrition food products; in-school television, such as Channel One; free samples or coupons; and food sales through fundraising activities.

D.         Staff Wellness

The school district values the health and well-being of every staff member and will plan and implement activities and policies that support personal efforts by staff to maintain a healthy lifestyle.  Each school should:

• establish and maintain a staff wellness committee
• develop, promote and oversee a multifaceted plan to promote staff health and wellness developed by the staff wellness committee;
• base the plan on input solicited from employees and outline ways to encourage healthy eating, physical activity and other elements of a healthy lifestyle among employees.

Approved August 27, 2018         

Reviewed   November 28, 2022       

Revised  November 28, 2022

A.         School Meals

Meals served through the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs will:

• be appealing and attractive to children;
• be served in clean and pleasant settings;
• meet, at a minimum, nutrition requirements established by local, state and federal law;
• offer a variety of fruits and vegetables daily;
• serve only low-fat (1%) and fat-free milk and nutritionally equivalent non-dairy alternatives (as defined by the USDA);
• ensure that half of the served grains are whole grain; and
• ensure that water is available in cafeteria.
   

As part of the school meal program, schools should:

• share information about the nutritional content of meals with parents and students.  (The information could be made available on menus, a web site, on cafeteria menu boards, placards or other point-of-purchase materials.)
• accommodate alternatives for those students with allergies that meet the above guidelines as closely as possible.
   

B.         Breakfast

To ensure that all children have breakfast, either at home or at school, in order to meet their nutritional needs and enhance their ability to learn, schools will:

• operate the breakfast program, to the extent possible;
• arrange bus schedules and utilize methods to serve breakfasts that encourage participation, “grab-and-go” breakfasts to the extent possible;
• notify parents and students of the availability of the School Breakfast Program, where available
   

C.         Free and Reduced-Priced Meals

The school district will make every effort to eliminate any social stigma attached to, and prevent the overt identification of, students who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals.  Toward this end, the school district may:

• utilize electronic identification and payment systems;
• provide meals to all children, based on income; and,
• promote the availability of meals to all students.

 

D.         Meal Times and Scheduling

The school district:

• will provide students with at least 10 minutes to eat after sitting down for breakfast and 20 minutes after sitting down for lunch;
• should schedule meal periods at appropriate times, e.g., lunch should be scheduled between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; should not schedule tutoring, club or organizational meetings or activities during mealtimes, unless students may eat during such activities;
• will provide students access to hand washing or hand sanitizing before they eat meals or snacks;
• should take reasonable steps to accommodate the tooth-brushing regimens of students with special oral health needs (e.g., orthodontia or high tooth decay risk).
   

E.         Qualification of Food Service Staff

Qualified nutrition professionals will administer the meal programs.  As part of the school district’s responsibility to operate a food service program, the school district will:

• provide continuing professional development for all nutrition professionals; and,
• provide staff development programs that include appropriate certification and/or training programs for child nutrition directors, nutrition managers and cafeteria workers, according to their levels of responsibility.
   

F.         Sharing of Foods

The school district discourages students from sharing their foods or beverages with one another during meal or snack times, given concerns about allergies and other restrictions on some children’s diets.

G.         Foods Sold Outside the Meal (e.g. vending, a la carte, sales)

All foods and beverages sold individually outside the reimbursable meal programs (including those sold through ala carte [snack] lines, vending machines, student stores or fundraising activities) during the school day, or through programs for students after the school day will meet nutrition standards as required by state or federal law.          Fundraising Activities

There are two types of fundraising – regulated and other.  Regulated fundraisers are those that offer the sale of foods or beverages on school property and that are targeted primarily to PK-12 students by or through other PK-12 students, student groups, school organizations, or through on-campus school stores.  Regulated fundraising activities must comply with the state nutrition guidelines.  All other fundraising activities are encouraged, but not required, to comply with the state nutrition guidelines if the activities involve foods and beverages.

The school district encourages fundraising activities that promote physical activity. 

I.          Snacks

Snacks served during the school day or in after-school care or enrichment programs will make a positive contribution to children’s diets and health, with an emphasis on serving fruits and vegetables as the primary snacks and water as the primary beverage.  Schools will assess if and when to offer snacks based on timing of meals, children’s nutritional needs, children’s ages and other considerations.  The school district will disseminate a list of healthful snack items to teachers, after-school program personnel and parents.

J.          Rewards

The school district will not use foods or beverages, especially those that do not meet the nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold individually, as rewards for academic performance or good behavior, and will not withhold food or beverages (including food served through meals) as a punishment.

K.         Celebrations

Schools should evaluate their celebrations practices that involve food during the school day.  The school district will disseminate a list of healthy party ideas to parents and teachers.

L.         School-Sponsored Events

Foods and beverages offered or sold at school-sponsored events outside the school day are encouraged to meet the nutrition standards for meals or for foods and beverages sold individually.

M.        Food Safety

All foods made available on campus adhere to food safety and security guidelines.  All foods made available on campus comply with the state and local food safety and sanitation regulations. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans and guidelines are implemented to prevent food illness in schools.  http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/servingsafe_chapter6.pdf

For the safety and security of the food and facility, access to the food service operations are limited to child nutrition staff and authorized personnel. 

N.         Summer Meals

Schools in which more than 50 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals will sponsor the Summer Food Service Program

Approved August 27, 2018         

Reviewed  November 28, 2022       

Revised November 28, 2022

 

This has been replaced by the DE’s Triennial Assessment Process

Approved August 27, 2018         

Reviewed  November 28, 2022       

Revised  November 28, 2022