Important Links
Homepage: About Bacterial Meningitis
Homepage: 2021-22 Flu Information
Homepage: Pertussis Facts
Homepage: Epinephrine

PDF: Immunization Requirements
PDF: Anaphylaxis Information
PDF: Asthma Action Care Plan
PDF: Fever Notice
PDF: Flu - Advice for Parents | Spanish
PDF: Food Allergy Packet
PDF: Food, Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan
PDF: Meningitis Information Sheet
PDF: Physician's Request for School Health Services
PDF: Vision, Hearing and Spinal Screening Requirements
PDF: Medication Administration Authorization Form - Elementary
PDF: Medication Administration Authorization Form - Secondary
PDF: Medication Administration Authorization Form Rules

If you have any accessibility issues with the pdf's above, please contact the Crowley ISD Health Services Department for printouts.

Misty Vancampen
Director of District Health Services
Email: misty.vancampen@crowley.k12.tx.us

Immunization Resources
Important CDC Guidelines and Recommendations
1. Please do not come to the event if you have had any of the listed symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue and shortness of breath) associated with COVID-19 within the last 24 hours OR tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days. 
2. We ask that you wear your own mask at the vaccine event. 
3. We will assist with social distancing and will regularly disinfect all areas. 

Important Note
If your child has private insurance that pays for the needed vaccines, see your child’s doctor. For additional health questions, physicals or exams, follow up with a doctor. To view the recommended immunization schedule: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/index.html. If you have questions, please text: 817-776-5575. 

Important Links
Homepage: www.ictchome.org
Homepage: Pediatric Mobile Clinic
PDF: Tarrant County Immunizations

About Our Telemedicine Program
Crowley ISD is doing everything in its power to protect the health and safety of students as we return to classes this fall. Because of this, the district has partnered with Virtual Care for Families to make it possible for your child to be treated under the care of a pediatrician or pediatric-specialized provider right in the school nurse’s office through two-way video conference. By registering, your child will have access to a pediatric provider who can test for COVID-19, give treatment for the flu, colds, sore throat, fever and more.

How does it work?
1. Get Registered: Register your student for the SchoolMed telemedicine program at virtualcarefamilies.com/schoolmed.

2. Receive Care Immediately: If your student is in need of care while at school, they can quickly be seen by a pediatrician or pediatric specialized provider through secure two-way video conference in the nurse's office. If needed, on-site testing can be conducted for conditions such as COVID-19, the flu, and strep throat and care can be provided immediately.

3. Get Well Sooner: If needed, we can send a prescription to a pharmacy near you. We can also provide a full visit summary, and if desired, send the visit notes to your primary care physician.

How much does it cost?
Most visits will be delivered at little to no cost to the families.

Medicaid: All Texas Medicaid plans are accepted and most visits for Medicaid covered patients will cost $0.*

TRICARE: Prime members typically pay $0 for use of this service and other TRICARE members pay an affordable fee per visit. Virtual Care for Families is a TRICARE authorized provider and in-network with all TRICARE plans.

Commercial Insurance: Virtual Care for Families is in-network with most major plans (BCBS, UHC, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, etc.) and a telemedicine visit for your child typically costs the same as a normal trip to your child’s pediatrician office. The visit will be automatically billed to your child’s insurance company with no action needed by the parent or guardian.*

No Insurance: Virtual Care for Families will offer charity care for children who are without insurance and who are enrolled in the Free and Reduced Meal Program. All other students without health insurance will be offered a cash pay discounted rate of $50.

*Visit virtualcarefamilies.com/insurance-accepted for full details on insurance coverage.

Misty Vancampen, RN BSN CCM
Director of Health Services
Email: misty.vancampen@crowley.k12.tx.us 

Jennifer Timmons, NR-CMA
Assistant to Director of Health Services 
Email: jennifer.timmons1@crowley.k12.tx.us

Heather Wheeler, CMA
Health Services Pandemic Response Assistant 
Email: heather.wheeler@crowley.k12.tx.us

Campus Staff Directory: Campus Nurses and Clinic Staff Directory

My Health My Resources
For those dealing with mental issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, call the My Health My Resources ICare call center at 817-335-3022. For the hearing impaired, please use the TTY_TDD numbers at 817-569-4488.

Homepage: My Health My Resources
Homepage: The WARM Place 

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

If you have any accessibility issues with the pdf's below, please contact the Crowley ISD Health Services Department for printouts.

Misty Vancampen
Director of District Health Services
Email: misty.vancampen@crowley.k12.tx.us

Important Information
Word: SHAC Meeting Agenda - Sept. 30, 2021 | Minutes 
PDF: Local Wellness Policy

To protect other students from contagious illnesses, students infected with certain diseases are not allowed to come to school while contagious. Crowley ISD's Illness Policy is based on recommendations of the Department of State Health Services.

Students will be sent home from school if the school nurse or designated health care personnel see signs/symptoms of contagious illness. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to make arrangements for student pick up in a timely manner when they are called saying the student is ill. A letter will be sent home with the student outlining further instructions regarding re-admittance to school.

Some examples (not an all inclusive list) of a student who may have a communicable disease are:

• Body temperature above 100.0 degrees
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Undiagnosed rash
• Discoloration and/or drainage of the eyes

The school health personnel is responsible to use his/her clinical judgment when interpreting signs and symptoms for disease.

The parent will be notified, and the student will be sent home. In the case of communicable disease, proper physician documentation may be required for the student to re-enter school. This is for the student’s protection as well as the protection of others in the school. This procedure will ensure that he/she will not be exposed to other illnesses while his immunities are down and he/she will not be contaminating other students with their current illness.

Once a student is sent home with signs/symptoms of contagious illness he may not return to school until:

• Fever free for 24 hours without needing fever reducing medication like ibuprofen or acetaminophen
• No vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hrs
• With proper physician documentation if instructed

Health clinic personnel should notify the attendance office if a student is sent home for illness and if they are not to be allowed to return the next day. It is still the responsibility of the parent/guardian to call the attendance office if their student is out sick.

If you have any accessibility issues with the pdf's below, please contact the Crowley ISD Health Services Department for printouts.

Misty Vancampen
Director of District Health Services
Email: misty.vancampen@crowley.k12.tx.us

Important Links
PDF: Seizure Action Plan
PDF: Seizure Parent Questionnaire
PDF: Seizure Plan For Transportation
PDF: First Aid For Seizures

Asthma 411 is a collaboration between CISD and UNTHSC to improve prevention, education and intervention efforts for students experiencing symptoms of asthma resulting in improved student health, and subsequently improved attendance and achievement.

Asthma is one of the leading causes of student absenteeism. This program will allow all CISD campuses health clinics to have albuterol for inhalation and the tools to administer the medication in case of an emergency. 

Homepage: Asthma 411

Anaphylaxis (pronounced “an-a-fi-lax-is”) is a potentially severe or life-threatening allergic reaction that can occur very quickly—as fast as within a couple of minutes of exposure to the allergen.

It can be triggered by an allergy to a particular food (peanuts or shellfish, for example), biting or stinging insects (like bees), medication (penicillin is a common one), latex (the type of rubber many balloons are made from) or a variety of other allergic triggers.

Crowley school health clinics will now have the medication epinephrine on each campus to administer in case of a life threatening anaphylactic emergency during the school day.  Emergency services will be called if the medication is administered, however this allows a faster initial response by trained staff.

COVID-19 Protocol Summary
Crowley ISD will continue to consult with and review the guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency as well as local, state and national public health officials. Due to changing metrics and health trends, we anticipate possible changes and revisions to our operating procedures as the school year progresses. Updates will be provided as protocols can safely be changed. The following is a list of general guidelines to start our 2021-22 school year:

Face Masks
Crowley ISD will temporarily require face masks to be worn inside all buildings and on school buses.  This policy requires that everyone 2 years of age and older will be required to wear masks for all indoor instruction and indoor activities to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant in our school and community. 

Crowley ISD will work closely with the health officials to evaluate if the order should be extended or allowed to expire based on medical guidance and current COVID-19 cases in our schools and community. 

Vaccines
Crowley ISD is working with vaccine providers to offer voluntary vaccination clinics to students, employees and community members who elect to receive them. Vaccine events will be held regularly at campuses throughout the district. Please check the district website for locations and times. 

Screening
Daily temperature checks will be conducted for students, employees and visitors.

Staff and visitors will be required to complete a confidential self-screener online daily. Families are encouraged to screen students for Covid-19 symptoms at home before school. If you are sick, you should stay home.

Cleaning and Hand Washing
Routine and frequent cleaning and disinfecting will continue at all district facilities buses. Facilities and buses will also be e-misted nightly with sanitizing spray. Campuses will notify the district and custodial services upon confirmation of a positive student case, at which time, additional campus and classroom sanitation will take place.

Frequent handwashing will be encouraged. Hand sanitizer will be made available for all students, staff and visitors in all facilities and on buses.

Social Distancing
Students, staff and visitors are encouraged to practice physical distancing when possible.

Desks should be spaced out three feet, when possible, to allow for social distancing.

Efforts should made by campuses and student organizations to socially distance large groups of students and stakeholders in assemblies, common area, practices, etc. 

Rapid Testing and Contact Tracing
COVID-19 rapid testing will continue to be offered at Crowley ISD campuses for symptomatic individuals with parent consent.

Contact tracing will occur as necessary at all district campuses and buildings. Students and staff will likely not be required to quarantine if they have been fully vaccinated or were wearing a mask when the close contact occurred.

Students and staff will be encouraged to self-report when they have been exposed to COVID-19, have symptoms of COVID-19, or have received a positive diagnosis of COVID-19. Contact tracing will be conducted by the school nurse on the campus to determine if any other students or staff members were in close contact.

• Students and staff members displaying COVID-19 symptoms will follow district protocols including isolation from students and other staff members and leave campus as soon as possible.
• Students and staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be permitted to return to school when all of the following criteria have been met:
  
  
• They are 24 hours fever-free without using fever-reducing medication;
• Improved symptoms (cough, difficulty breathing, fatigue, body aches, etc.);
• 10 days have passed since symptoms began or 10 days from the date of the positive test, if the person is asymptomatic.
  
  

Students and staff identified as a close contact may test on day 7 and return if no symptoms have occurred since exposure and have been able to quarantine away from the positive case.

Homepage: Safe Return to School

COVID-19 is believed to be spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes, much in the way the flu and other respiratory viruses are spread. Symptoms are thought to appear within 2 to 14 days after exposure and consist of fever, cough, and difficulty breathing.

In situations like these where media reports may cause concerns amongst our families, it is best to rely on factual information from reliable sources. See more resources in the COVID-19 Information dropdowns below.

Homepage: Mask Guidance

Asthma 411
A compiled list of resources and recommendations that our asthmatic community can use to prepare and learn more about COVID-19.

Homepage: Asthma411 Home

The general public is encouraged to watch these videos to learn more about how they can keep themselves healthy by practicing improved hygiene.

Webpage: CDC Handwashing Video Home
Video: Handwashing Video
Video: Hand Sanitizing Video

Baylor Scott and White Health
Baylor Scott and White Health has a screening questionnaire that can be taken online or through a mobile app. To install the app on your mobile device, simply text BETTER to 88408 to have it sent to your phone. Please note, that you have to sign up for a Baylor Scott & White Health account. 

Homepage: Baylor Scott & White Health Corona Virus Information

Cook Children's 
Cook Children's understands the concern about the coronavirus. See answers to questions parents might have.

Homepage: Cook Children's COVID-19 Information

My Health My Resources
For those dealing with mental issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, call the My Health My Resources ICare call center at 817-335-3022. For the hearing impaired, please use the TTY_TDD numbers at 817-569-4488.

Homepage: My Health My Resources Website 

JPS Health Network
For those in need of community resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, please call 211.

JPS Health Network Coronavirus Helpline: 817-920-7000 

Tarrant County Homeless Coalition 
If you are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of being homeless, please call 817-996-8800 or click the link below to fill out a form. 

Homepage: Tarrant County Homeless Coalition Resources Helpline Form

Texas Health Resources
Call the Texas Health Coronavirus Hotline 24 hours a day to speak with a nurse. 

Texas Health Resources COVID-19 Consumer Hotline: 682-236-7601

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
Corona Virus Anxiety Crisis Line: Text HOME to 741741
Other Areas of Concern: Text CONNECT to 741741

Important Links
Homepage: Tarrant County Public Health    
Homepage: Texas Department of State Health Services
Homepage: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Homepage: World Health Organization
Homepage: Frequently Asked Questions

Other Additional Documents
PDF: A Parent Resource - Talking to Children About COVID-19 | Text: A Parent Resource
PDF: Wash Your Hands Fact Sheet | Spanish Fact Sheet | Text: Fact Sheet
PDF: Helping Children Cope During and After a Disaster | Text: Helping Children Cope

Additionally, the Texas Department of State Health Services has established a hotline for any questions related to the COVID-19.

DSHS COVID-19 Call Center: 1-877-570-9779
Hours: 7 a.m. through 6 p.m., Monday through Friday

Public health officials are advising that the flu and other common respiratory illnesses are circulating and recommending that everyone follow basic prevention guidelines, including: 

• Everyone 6 months and older is encouraged to get a flu shot.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
• If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Stay home when you are sick. 
• Keeping a sick child at home prevents the spread of illness in the school community.
• It allows the child an opportunity to rest and recover. 
• Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

Throughout the school year, and in the winter months especially, our CISD Health Services Department works closely with our school nurses to monitor illnesses, such as the flu. We also work with our custodial provider, and maintenance staff to ensure that our campuses are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.

As we continue to be in contact with local health officials and monitor this situation, we will provide updates to our community should it become necessary.