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Emergencies

Illness

The importance of regular attendance cannot be stressed enough, but students should not be sent to school when they are ill. Students will be sent home if they have a temperature of 100.0 degrees or above. For a child to return to school, he/she must be fever, diarrhea, and vomit-free for a minimum of 24 hours, without the aid of medication. If a student becomes ill during the school day, and it appears that they would be best cared for at home, the parent will be contacted. There are very limited facilities in the school which makes it impossible to keep sick students for long periods of time. School personnel, including the homeroom teacher and school nurse, must be notified of any student's chronic illness (i.e., asthma, diabetes, heart conditions or seizures). This heightens awareness in case of an emergency. All parents are reminded that it is your responsibility to maintain current contact information and it should be updated immediately as changes occur.

Students will not be permitted to take calls from parents to see how they are feeling. If necessary, the school will contact parents when it is deemed warranted.

If a student has a contagious illness or rash, please follow you health care providers directions for their care and do not allow your student to return to school until they are considered non-contagious per your healthcare providers instructions. 

Emergency Evacuation

Your child’s safety is one of our major concerns. We need to be prepared for the unexpected. We hold monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown drills, extreme weather drills, and emergency response team drills to prepare us for the possibility difficult situations. Under extreme circumstances, should we need to evacuate the building, the local police will assist in determining the location the students would be held. Under no circumstances will parents be allowed to pick up their child at school during an evacuation period. You may visit the school’s website at www.cowetacharteracademy.org to receive further information. Parents will receive phone calls as soon as possible from CCA staff with information on locations and procedures for picking up their student. The media is always helpful with disseminating information regarding evacuations and procedures as well.  Please do not complicate and potentially impeding emergency personnel from addressing a serious situation by coming to the school or calling the school until you receive instructions from law enforcement or school personnel.

Students will only be released to the person/s identified on the Emergency Contact Card. Please bring proper identification (a picture ID) when picking up your child.

As part of our Emergency Preparedness Plan, we ask that you notify the office when there is a change in home/cell numbers and emails as soon as possible.

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