Nursing Services
School Nurse: Rebecca Chavez, RN & Breanna Hill, RN(floater nurse).
Rebecca Chavez is the school nurse for Kettering Elementary, Gompers Elementary and Tincher Prep.
Our Senior Health Assistant is Johanna Lopez, LVN.
Nurse Chavez's Schedule:
| Kettering Elementary | Wednesdays | 7:30 am - 3:30 pm |
| Gompers Elementary | Monday - Tuesday | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm |
| Tincher Prep | Thursday - Friday | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Senior Health Assistant Lopez's Schedule:
| Kettering Elementary | Monday - Tuesday | 9:00 am - 1:45 pm |
| Thursday -Friday | 9:00 am - 1:45 pm |
Do you have a health-related question or concern? Please contact me at my email rchavez4@lbschools.net.
Click on the image for the link to the lbusd Student Support Services.
Students should stay home if they have:
COVID Like Symptoms:
Which Include-
●Fever 100.4 or Chills
●Cough
●Shortness of Breath or Difficulty Breathing
●Muscle or Body Aches
●New Loss of Smell or Taste
●Sore Throat
●Congestion or Runny Nose
●Nausea, Vomiting or Diarrhea
Other symptoms to stay home for include:
• Sores that are open or appear infected
• Any suspicious rashes
• Persistent headache, stomach ache or earache
• Red eyes with discharge
• Live head lice
The ill student CANNOT return to school until he/she has met ONE of the following requirements (regardless of vaccination status or history of COVID):
1. If the student does not get tested for COVID, then the student MUST complete 10 days of isolation (from the time symptoms first appeared).
2. Student has tested negative for COVID AND 24 hours have passed without a fever (or fever reducing medication) AND symptoms have resolved.➔NO copy of negative test result required.
3. If the student tests positive for COVID, then the student MUST complete5-10 days of isolation from the time symptoms first began.
4. A healthcare provider has provided documentation that the symptoms are typical of an underlying chronic health condition (e.g. allergies or asthma) OR a healthcare provider has confirmed an alternative named diagnosis (e.g. Streptococcal pharyngitis). ATTACH a copy of doctor’s note
* Health Department Testing Sites
●Long Beach City College - Veterans Stadium ●Long Beach City College - Pacific Coast Campus ●Cabrillo High School ●Ramona Park
Please turn in all absent notes to your teacher.
Click here to report an absence.
Physical activity/Education Excuses:
Any appliance (crutches, slings, casts, etc.)
requires a note from a physician.
PLEASE TURN IN ALL NOTES TO THE OFFICE.
Health Forms
Special Meal Accommodations
LBUSD Nutrition Services: www.lbschools.net/Departments/Nutrition_Services/
For questions regarding specific meal accommodations, please contact
the school nurse at your child's school,
the cafeteria supervisor,
or LBUSD's Nutrition Services: (562) 427-7923, childnutrition@lbschools.net
If your child has a medical condition and requires a meal accommodation, please
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download the document below,
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print out the form,
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and have your child's doctor fill out the form.
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Once completed, present the form to your child's school nurse.