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" You&amp;#039;re not the only one who&amp;#039;d like your child to have perfect attendance. Here&amp;#039;s what Donna Mazyck, MS, RN, president of the National Association of School Nurses, says parents can do to help make this school year a healthy one.   Tell the nurse about all medical conditions that could affect the school day, even if they&amp;#039;re mild and/or well-managed. There&amp;#039;s always the chance of a flare-up.   Don&amp;#039;t just send meds to school with your child. Laws about who can give out medication(including over-the-counter drugs) and how to send it to school vary from state to state, so start by asking the nurse what the rules are. If your child has frequent headaches or migraines, for example, she may not be allwed to just carry and take the meds herself.   Keep your child at home if she&amp;#039;s too sick to sit at a desk and do work, says Maazyck. &amp;quot;If there&amp;#039;s no fever and she&amp;#039;s just droopy from a cold, she probably doesn&amp;#039;t have to miss school.&amp;quot; -Madonna Behen "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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