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Have a great week!!

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT WEDNESDAYS

The first school improvement Wednesday starts on September 13th. Schools will be on their early release schedules.

WHEN TO STAY HOME/NURSE COMMUNICATION AFTER SCHOOL HOURS

The information below was sent out to level leaders to send out to their school principals last week.

COMMUNICATION TO THE SCHOOL NURSE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS

Non-Urgent Student Matters For any non-urgent student health matters, please email your school nurse and they will get back to you on the next school day. Please do not phone or text after school hours.

Urgent/Emergent Student Matters For any urgent/emergent student health matters that need to be addressed immediately, please contact Tami Pike for assistance. (please text first 541-350-8387)

Employee Health Related Questions. For any employee health-related questions/concerns, please reach out to Human Resources at 541-355-1100.

WHEN TO STAY HOME REMINDER

Illness Symptoms and When to Stay Home. Bend-La Pine Schools follows the Oregon Health Authority/Oregon Department of Education’s Communicable Disease Guidance for Schools. This guidance includes when an individual should be excluded from attending school on site (including any school-related activities such as clubs and sports).

For information on symptom-based exclusion guidelines, see page 8 of the Communicable Disease Guidance for Schools.

Fever – An individual must be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.
Diarrhea/vomiting – Must be 48 hours since last episode.

COVID-19 is no longer an excludable disease (unless symptoms of fever, vomiting, and/or diarrhea are present).

Parents/guardians/staff are no longer required to report positive cases of COVID-19 to the schools. COVID-19 test kits and medical grade face masks are available to students and staff upon request. Check with your school nurse about how to obtain a supply for your school.

You may also refer staff to the Health and Wellness section on our Bend-La Pine Schools website for more information about when to stay home.

ROCK CHUCKS, MICE, SQUIRRELS AND OTHER CRITTERS

From Walt Norris: Rock Chucks, and Mice, and Squirrels—Oh My!

As you all know Central Oregon is home to many critters who like to set up camp in and around our school buildings. Each year the Custodial and Maintenance Dept fields many phone calls and receives multiple work orders regarding various pests. Here is the newsletter created by Oregon State University Extension Service regarding Intergrated Pest Management and what you can do to avoid these critters in your schools. (cliff notes: ALL food should be stored in plastic tubs with tight fitting lids!) Wes and Walt appreciate the seriousness in which you take these guidelines, as it truly does help keep the pests at bay.

CONCUSSION CORNER

CONCUSSION REPORTING

Return to School Project

Please complete the Concussion/Brain Injury Reporting Form for any reported student concussion/brain injury in your school. *This is a new form to reflect the 23/24 school year. Not only will this help with tracking district wide concussion numbers, but Tami will be reporting these injuries to the Return to School Project. Per Katie Legace, passive consent letters have gone out to all families on August 18th.

LINKS

All About You Form

BLS Check-in Survey

FAN Advocate Assignments

Return to School Project, Concussion/Brain Injury Reporting Form

Student Incident Reports

Who is Where Quick Guide

TRAININGS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

QPR Training – Mandatory (if you haven’t taken the class within the last year)
- Wednesday, October 25, 2023
- 230-4pm
- Location: TBD
Mandatory nurse staff /meetings trainings on the following non-school days:
- Friday, February 2, 2024
- Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Friday, April 12, 2024.

NURSE MEETINGS

You can find the dates/times of upcoming nurse meetings in the Nursing Schedule 23-24, Google Sheets (select the Nurse Meeting tab).

DAY OFF REQUESTS

Day off requests – Get your requests in ASAP for any time you wish to take off. (This includes school conference days.)
- Classified Staff – Per HR, no more than 5 unpaid days can be used for personal time (vacation, recreation, etc.) during the school year.
- Certified Staff – Per HR, there is no option for unpaid days for personal use. Certified Staff can only use personal leave.
- Please remember when requesting an extended period of time off for personal time (greater than 5 days), your team is affected by needing to support your assignment.
Dates not available to request time off *Please do not request time off during these times.
- Friday, February 2, 2024 (non-school day)
- Thursday, April 11, 2024 (non-school day for elementary and middle schools)
- Friday, April 12, 2024 (non-school day all schools)
- Thursday, April 18, 2024 (OSNA Spring Conference)
- Friday, April 19, 2024 (OSNA Spring Conference)

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CONCUSSION CORNER

CONCUSSION REPORTING

Return to School Project

HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNICATION

The following information below went out to all school principals on Friday, September 1st.

Our district student support needs have shifted over the summer. We have seen increasing numbers of type 1 diabetes diagnoses along with an increasing number of students with complex medical needs starting school. With these increased needs, I wanted to send out a reminder to schools about how best they can support their student population.

Health Room Responsibilities
- A (non-nurse) staff person and a backup staff member, (designated by the school administrator) are responsible for the health room duties. This includes medication intake and administration, first aid, students presenting with rashes, supporting ill students, etc. Staff should follow the Communicable Disease Guidance for Schools to help determine if a student should be excluded from school. (Pages 9-10 in the CD guidance specifically address symptoms that are criteria for school exclusion.)
- Administrators, please remind your designated staff about their role in health room management. The school nurse can be notified for an urgent/emergent situation such as: broken bone, breathing difficulty, profuse bleeding, loss of consciousness, etc.
Student support
- Due to the increased number of students with type 1 diabetes attending sites throughout the district, a (non-nurse) staff person and a backup staff member, (designated by the school administrator) should be identified to support diabetic matters in the absence of a school nurse following the student’s health management plan. The school nurse (or designated substitute nurse) is available by phone for guidance. Nurses will do their best to assist with direct care diabetes support. However, most nurses have more than 1 site they are responsible for and unfortunately cannot be at multiple places at once.

School Nurse Responsibilities: School nurses are responsible for developing, maintaining, and/or updating health management plans for students with chronic illnesses and disabilities (including obtaining health care provider orders for care), staff trainings (health plans general and student specific, delegation and follow up of specific health service tasks, scheduled and emergent medication administration), direct care support, concussion management, care coordination between school teams and community health partners, suicide screening, IEP/504 participation, communicable disease prevention/management, etc.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support!

SAFETY

Culture of Safety Goal

Please review the BLS Culture of Safety document on the Staff Portal. Key safety policies and procedure information are included in the document.

All staff that are visiting schools or facilities outside of their primary duty location (i.e. attending training at a school other than their own), need to sign in and out with their staff ID badge at the visitor management kiosk in the front of the school during duty hours.
All staff need to visibly wear their staff ID badges at all times during duty hours.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support!

Wild Fire Smoke

Indoor Mitigation Strategies

please keep your doors and windows closed during smoke events. I know this seems simple, but our facilities have lots of doors and windows, so it’s best to walk the building and check. If you have smoke in the building, opening doors and windows will not help the smoke leave the building.
Let the filters do their job. The filters in our air handlers will filter interior air 4 to 6 times per hour. The units will also pull a small amount of outside air 4-6 times per hour, which is filtered as it enters the building. Please do not shut off the air handler units!
Use the air scrubbers provided to each school by our Custodial Department (541-355-6601). This added filtration can help in areas that may be smokier than others (ie entryways). If the smoke in the facility appears to be excessive, please call our Maintenance team at 541-355-4700 and they will evaluate the system. They may ask you to shut down the air handler system with the shut-off button at that time.

TRAININGS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Sexual Abuse training offered by PACE

Child sexual abuse is a pervasive societal problem that requires ongoing conversations. Learn about child abuse statistics, the grooming process and how to identify a predator in educational settings. Head into the new school year with a baseline understanding of how to prevent sexual abuse and bring your questions! There is a current training planned for Aug. 31 at 12:00 pm. If you are interested, you can sign up HERE. McKenzie Nix is a great resource and she can come to talk to staff or do trainings during the year. Email [email protected].

QPR Training – Mandatory

If you haven’t taken a QPR training within the last year, please mark your calendars.
- Wednesday, October 25, 2023
- 230-4pm
- Location: TBD

Nurse Trainings – Mandatory

Please note that these are non-school days for all elementary schools.
- Friday, February 2, 2024
- Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Friday, April 12, 2024.

NURSE MEETINGS

You can find the dates/times of upcoming nurse meetings in the Nursing Schedule 23-24, Google Sheets (select the Nurse Meeting tab).

DAY OFF REQUESTS

Day off requests – Get your requests in ASAP for any time you wish to take off. (This includes school conference days.)
- Classified Staff – Per HR, no more than 5 unpaid days can be used for personal time (vacation, recreation, etc.) during the school year.
- Certified Staff – Per HR, there is no option for unpaid days for personal use. Certified Staff can only use personal leave.
- Please remember when requesting an extended period of time off for personal time (greater than 5 days), your team is affected by needing to support your assignment.
Dates not available to request time off*Please do not request time off during these times.
- There will be mandatory nurse meetings/trainings on the following non-school days:
  - Friday, February 2, 2024
  - Thursday, April 11, 2024
  - Friday, April 12, 2024.