Programs & procedures
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Over-the-Counter Meds
Our health aides cannot administer any over-the-counter medical products without proper authorization, and these products will not be supplied by the school.
You may send in any non-medicated over-the-counter item (e.g., lotion, ChapStick, Vaseline, etc.) for your child's personal use along with a note authorizing their use at school. We encourage the use of these items at home before school to avoid the loss of learning time. You may also supply cough drops for your child's short-term usage (not to exceed 5 days).
Food Allergies
Accommodating Children with Special Dietary Needs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) nondiscrimination regulation (7 CFR 15b) applies to any site participating in a federally-funded meal program, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Special Milk Program (SMP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
If a requested substitution meets the meal pattern requirements under any child nutrition program, the substitution can be made, but is not required.
Food Allergy Management Program
Woodridge 68 Board Policy #5590
Woodridge 68 Board Policy #5500
Online Menu & Nutrition Information
Click to view the breakfast and lunch menu and nutritional information, including allergy alerts, online through our food service provider, Open Kitchens.
Vision & Hearing Screening
Woodridge School District 68 provides vision and hearing screenings annually for students at the state-mandated grade levels, as designated by the Illinois Department of Public Health:
Vision screening is required annually on all children in special education (including speech), children new to the district, and teacher/parent referrals. Annual vision screening is also required for the following grade levels:
- Preschool; Kindergarten; 2nd and 8th grades
Hearing screening is required annually on all children in special education (including speech), children new to the district, teacher/parent referrals and students having a known or suspected hearing loss. Annual hearing screening is also required for the following grade levels:
- Preschool; Kindergarten; 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades
These mandated screenings are scheduled in advance during the school year. The District Nurse and vision and hearing technician also do vision and hearing screenings throughout the school year as needed. Dates for the 2024-25 school year are as follows:
Edgewood
- Initial screening: TBD
- Rescreening: TBD
Goodrich
- Initial screening: TBD
- Rescreening: TBD
John L. Sipley
- Initial screening: TBD
- Rescreening: TBD
Meadowview
- Initial screening: TBD
- Rescreening: TBD
- Initial screening: TBD
- Rescreening: TBD
Willow Creek
- Initial screening: TBD
- Rescreening: TBD
Thomas Jefferson Junior High
- Initial screening: TBD
- Rescreening: TBD
Head Lice
- Identification Protocol
- School Re-entry
- School Responsibility
- Parent Responsibility
- More Info from Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Identification Protocol
- If a student exhibits frequent scratching of his/her scalp, the student will be sent to the health office for a suspected case of head lice.
- The health aide, secretary, or other trained personnel will inspect the head of any student reasonably suspected of having head lice.
- If eggs (nits) or lice are found, the student will be excluded from attendance.
- The classroom teacher will be notified that the student will be excluded from attendance. Staff will maintain the privacy of the student(s) identified as having head lice.
- The parent(s)/guardian(s) of the student will be informed.
- The siblings of any student with head lice will be checked, and other schools where siblings attend will be notified.
- The student's(s') contacts (close friends) will be checked for the presence of lice.
- If more than one student is affected in any class, the district nurse and principal will be consulted to determine whether to examine all students in the class/and or provide information about head lice to all parents/guardians of students in the class.
School Re-entry
- Parent will accompany student upon re-entry to school for inspection.
- The health Aide, secretary, or other trained personnel will examine any excluded student and verify to the Building Principal that all eggs (nits) and lice are gone before the student may return.
- The parent/guardian will bring a note to school verifying treatment.
School Responsibility
- Staff will report all suspected cases of head lice to the school nurse or health office, and will maintain privacy of students suspected or identified.
- If more than one student is affected in any class, the district nurse and principal will determine whether to examine all students in the class (or on a team), and/or send a letter to inform parents/guardians.
- Custodial staff will vacuum carpet of the affected classroom and all upholstered furniture within the classroom.
- Stuffed animals will be removed and bagged for at least one (1) week.
Parent Responsibility
- Check your child’s hair and scalp weekly for eggs.
- Do not allow your children to use other children’s combs, brushes, hats, etc.
- If you find your child does have head lice, call and inform the school.
- Follow the protocol for treatment. Both over-the-counter and prescription medications are available for treatment of lice.
- After using a medicated shampoo, remove the eggs (nits) with your fingers.
- Hats, combs, brushes, and bed linens should be cleaned thoroughly.