• provide guidance about when children should stay home from school due to sickness,
• determine if a sick child needs to go home from school and contact parents,
• report certain contagious diseases to the Department of State Health Services or local/regional health authority
• provide information about immunization requirements,
• perform screenings (spinal, vision, hearing, lice),
• administer medications that are brought from home (must be in original container),
• administer care in an emergency (CPR, epinephrine auto-injector, inhalers for respiratory distress)

Parents and students in need of assistance with physical and mental health concerns may contact the district nurse or campus counselor or the following places.

• The local public health authority, Abilene-Taylor County Public Health Center, which may be contacted at (325) 692-5600. 
• The local mental health authority, Betty Hardwick Center, which may be contacted at (325) 758-3344.