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School Health Services

Christina Bartholomew, RN, MS
Head Nurse
Phone: (307) 771-2202
Fax: (307)771-2180

The purposes of this website are:

1. To provide information and updates about current health-related topics
affecting our schools and community.
2. To promote the health and safety of students in the district.

Please refer to each school's web site for specific notes and information from the school nurse.

See the Elementary Parent/Student Handbook for more Health & Medical Information

Health Services Announcements

Immunization Clinics at the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department

Tuesday and Wednesday from 1 to 4 pm

Immunization Requirements for School Attendance

Mandatory Immunizations for Children Attending Schools –W.S. 21-4-309

“(a) These regulations shall apply to all pupils attending, full or part time, any public or private school or child caring facility.

(b) No School Administrator or Child Caring Facility Administrator shall retain any pupil thirty (30) days after entry without official written documented proof of immunization according to the schedule published by the State Health Officer except when there are exemptions as noted in these regulations. Pupils who are exempt from immunizations shall remain in school during an appeal process unless there is a vaccine-preventable disease outbreak as defined by Section 5(c) of this Chapter. “

Wyoming Immunization Requirements

DT/DTaP	Five (5) valid doses are required of diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis-containing vaccines. If a fourth (4th) dose of DTaP vaccine was administered on or after a child’s fourth (4th) birthday, and at least six (6) months has passed since the third (3rd) dose, a fifth (5th) dose is not required.
Tdap	7^th to 12^th Grade students: One booster dose is required of diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis containing vaccine · 2011-2012: The 9-12 graders will be exempt.
Polio	Three (3) or four (4) valid doses are required of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). Children who receive three (3) doses of IPV before the fourth (4th) birthday should receive a fourth (4th) dose before or at school entry. The fourth (4th) dose is not needed if the third (3rd) dose is given on or after the fourth (4th) birthday. If all four (4) doses are given after six (6) weeks of age and are all separated by at least four (4) weeks, a fifth (5th) dose is not needed, even if the fourth (4th) dose was administered before four (4) years of age.
MMR	Two (2) valid doses are required of measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine. The 1^st dose must have been on or after their 1^st birthday and the 2^nd dose at least one month after the first dose
Hepatitis B	Three (3) valid doses are required of hepatitis B vaccine.
Varicella	Two (2) valid doses are required of varicella (or verification of disease after 1 year of age).
Valid doses	Valid doses are those doses given in correct intervals as recommended by ACIP and CDC.