Wellness Resources

San José Unified believes that health, safety, and wellness are important in developing and supporting our students’ capacity to learn and achieve academic success. Our Health and Family Support Programs Department provides services, resources, and access to community programs to support the health needs of our students.

If your child currently attends San José Unified and you have a health-related question, please contact your student’s school. If your child is not enrolled in San José Unified and you have a question, please contact our Enrollment Center at enrollment@sjusd.org or 408-535-6412.

Counseling is available at all school sites. If you feel your child needs counseling, please contact your site administrator or teacher.

Refer to Board Policy 5030 - Student Wellness to learn how our comprehensive school wellness system supports our students.

Student Illnesses

When your child does not feel well, it can be difficult to decide whether to send the child to school. For the safety of all, students with any of the symptoms below should not attend school.

Symptoms to keep students at home

Symptoms to keep students at home

For the safety of all, students with any of the following symptoms should not attend school:

Fever of 100.4° F (38° C) or higher
Vomiting (2 or more times in 24 hours)
Diarrhea (liquid stool)
Severe sore throat (with difficulty breathing or swallowing or drooling)
Severe cold symptoms (uncontrollable cough, difficulty breathing or trouble catching breath, or wheezing when not controlled by medication (like albuterol).
Eye or Ear Irritation (difficulty seeing or hearing, eye injury or pain that cannot be tolerated)
Rash that is worsening, causing pain, has blisters or is not healing
Head lice and/or nits (eggs) in the hair

If a student is at school with any of these symptoms and is unable to participate meaningfully in routine activities, a parent/guardian will be called to pick up the student.

Students who have been ill with a fever should stay home if the fever is 100.4° F (38° C) or higher. Student may return if the fever resolves over the night and is gone in the morning without the use of medications such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen (Tylenol, Advil, or Motrin).

Students experiencing vomiting should stay home if they have had 2 or more vomiting episodes in 24 hours. Student may return to school when vomiting has ended overnight, and your child is able to hold down liquids and foods without vomiting. Frequent handwashing is recommended.

Students experiencing diarrhea should stay home if they have liquid stool and are unlikely to make it to the toilet in time. Student may return to school when diarrhea has improved. Frequent handwashing is recommended.

Under certain circumstances, parents may be asked to consult a physician and provide a written note from that physician indicating that the student may return to school.

Protocols for illness and outbreaks may change based on directions from the Public Health Department. For more information, please visit the CDPH guidance page.

Cancer Prevention Act

The parents and guardians of pupils admitted or advancing to the sixth grade level are hereby notified that the State of California advises that pupils adhere to current immunization guidelines, as recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians, regarding full human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization before admission or advancement to the eighth grade level of any private or public elementary or secondary school.

While HPV vaccination is not required for school, HPV vaccination is routinely recommended at age 11-12 years, and can start as early as 9 years. The vaccine is more effective if given sooner because pre-teens produce more antibodies after HPV vaccination than older teens. Vaccinating at a younger age can also protect them before they are exposed to the virus. HPV vaccination can prevent over 90 percent of cancers caused by HPV. HPV vaccines are very safe, and scientific research shows that the benefits of HPV vaccination far outweigh the potential risks.

For more information, please see Health and Safety Code 120336  and  California Education Code 48980.4.

Resources

COVID Health and Safety

San José Unified will no longer issue COVID-19 Isolation notifications that provide the first possible date when staff or students can return to school after testing positive for COVID-19. Instead, please use these updated CDPH isolation protocols.

Testing Positive for COVID-19 AND Experiencing COVID-19 Symptoms: Stay home if you have COVID-19 symptoms, until you have not had a fever for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medication AND other COVID-19 symptoms are mild and improving.
- Mask* when you are around other people indoors for the ten days after you become sick or test positive.
- CDPH recommends that, if you have symptoms, and particularly if you are at higher risk for severe COVID-19, you speak with a healthcare provider as soon as you test positive. You may be eligible for specific treatments for COVID-19. Call CDPH at 1-833-422-4255 if you are unable to contact a healthcare provider or use the treatment options to find one.
Testing Positive for COVID-19 AND not Experiencing COVID-19 Symptoms: Staff or students who test positive for COVID-19 but do not have symptoms can continue to come to work/school, following these CDPH recommendations:
Mask* when you are around other people indoors for the ten days after you test positive.
Contact with others increases the potential to transmit the virus or to transmit it to a higher-risk individual. It is recommended to take greater care in following the recommendations to limit spreading the virus to others during the ten days following their exposure and may consider self-limiting their contact with others.
All higher-risk close contacts should get tested at least once and are strongly recommended to follow the testing and mitigation measures outlined in this guidance.

* Staff or students may remove their mask sooner than ten days if they have two sequential negative tests at least one day apart.

**Day 0 is the symptom onset date or positive test date if there are no symptoms.

Reporting Cases to San José Unified: Staff and families should continue to report all positive cases for safety, tracking, and reporting purposes. Positive cases should be reported in the COVID-19 Case Reporting Form.

Student Absence Reporting: Parents/caregivers are asked to report any COVID-19-related absences by following SJUSD’s absence protocols.

Staff Absence Reporting: Staff must report are asked to report any COVID-19 -related absences in SmartFind and choose personal illness as the absent code.

San Jose Unified continues to make tests and masks available to our school sites as needed.

Health Insurance

Forms and Reference Documents

School Medication Permission Form English | Spanish

San José Unified Community Resource Guide English | Spanish

Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services

Mental health support and educational resources through NAMI Santa Clara County

Referral form for comprehensive physical and mental services and access to basic needs

Santa Clara County immunization services English | Spanish | Vietnamese

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