Health Information

Oxford’s rules regarding illness require that you please keep your child at home if they are experiencing any of the following:

1. Fever greater than 100 degrees
2. Diarrhea
3. Vomiting

These symptoms must be gone for at least 24 hours without the use of medications before your child can return to school. Thank you for your cooperation.

According to Oxford Preparatory Academy policy, prescription medicines and over-the-counter medications will not be administered at school unless accompanied by OPA’s medication form, Parent and Physician Request for Administration of Medication, including the physician’s signature. This policy is derived from state law and is intended to protect the child’s health by involving the physician in all medication matters.

Therefore, if you have a student who needs to take medicine at school (cough drops, throat lozenges, Tylenol, etc., are considered medicines), a parent/guardian must:

• Complete and sign the parent section of the Medication Form;
• Have your physician complete and sign the physician section of the Medication Form (along with the physicians signature this must also be stamped with the address of the physician’s office) and;
• Bring the medicine in its original container with prescription label and completed Medication Form to the school health office.

In general, medicines ordered three times a day are not administered at school, since they can be administered outside of school hours.