Rockdale County Public Schools' employs a either a Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or clinic assistant in each school in order to keep students healthy and attending school. Communicable or infectious diseases are not uncommon in school-age children. Communicable means easily spread to others. For this reason, if your child is suspected of having a communicable disease, it is sometimes necessary that we send them home to prevent spread of the disease throughout the school.
Please be aware that during cold and flu season that a child presenting a temperature of 100 degrees or greater, vomiting more than once, having a runny nose with greenish drainage, or having a persistent cough will be sent home.
Please contact the nurse or clinic aide at your child's school should you have any questions or concerns regarding your child's health.
Immunizations
>> CLICK HERE: Summary Chart of Immunizations Required for School Attendance
New 11th Grade Immunization Requirements:
Georgia's immunization requirements for students entering or transferring into the eleventh grade have been revised to align with the current recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Effective July 1, 2021, children 16 years of age and older, who are entering the 11th grade (including new entrants), must have received one booster dose of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4), unless their initial dose was administered on or after their 16th birthday.
Scoliosis Screening
Scoliosis screening is required for all students in the 6th and 8th grades who attend public school in Georgia. Parents must submit Form 4400 within the first 90 days of school. There are three (3) options: 1) Have your child's physician fill out Form 4400 (below) - or -
2) Participate in a school scoliosis screening in November - or -
3) Opt-out of the screening on Form 4400 (below) and return this to your child's school
Letter to parents explaining the scoliosis screening options
Form 4400 FINAL 2022 English.pdf
Form 4400 FINAL 2022 Spanish_.pdf
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