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• School Contacts
• Parent Handbook
• Emergency Plan
• Inclement Weather Policy
• FE Holiday Closings
• Health and Safety Policy
• Serving Children with Special Needs
• New Parent Orientation
• Room Parent Responsibilities
• Required Parent Hours
• Tuition Assistance

School Contacts

Parent Handbook

The PARENT HANDBOOK provides general information about the Center's program, administrative procedures, operating guidelines, health and safety policies, and required parental involvement. Parents will find that most of their questions about First Environments are answered in the Handbook. For specific situations that may not be covered, parents are encouraged to seek additional information from the Executive Director, Beth Lake (tel: 541-1461)

The handbook can be viewed as a webpage or download the full Handbook (6.3 MB)

Emergency Plan     page 29

View this Handbook section as a webpage or download the full Handbook (6.3 MB)

Inclement Weather Policy     page 23

View this Handbook section as a webpage or download the full Handbook (6.3 MB)

FE Holiday Closings     page 12

View this Handbook section as a webpage or download the full Handbook (6.3 MB)

Health and Safety Policy     page 18

FEELC has designated a Health Coordinator, Wendi Boggess (919-541-4782), who will coordinate all illness and exclusion decisions, questions and communications with parents. For your reference, all incidents of child exclusion will be documented and available upon request.

If your child has any sign or symptom that requires exclusion from the facility, FEELC follows guidelines set by the NC Licensing Authorities for Childcare facilities and the standard set by the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (NRC) for Inclusion/Exclusion/Dismissal of Children (standard 3.065 stated in Health Promotion and Protection in Child Care).

Symptoms requiring exclusion include:

• Temperatures of 100℉ (measured axillary) or above.
• Significant bodily secretions, including vomiting, diarrhea and persistent discharge from eyes.

Any of these symptoms require the child to be excluded from FEELC for 24hrs, which effectively means the next school day.

• Do NOT send a child to FEELC if: they have any of these symptoms.
• If your child does not have these symptoms, but you have administered a fever reducing medication (eg. Tylenol), do NOT send your child to FEELC. These medications may mask important symptoms.
• Please remember that exclusion of a child for illness is critical to minimize the impact it may have on the child population as a whole.

Parents will also be notified if their child is lethargic or exhibits unusual behavior.

Serving Children with Special Needs     page 9

View this Handbook section as a webpage or download the full Handbook (6.3 MB)

New Parent Orientation

New parent orientation meetings will be held three times per year for all parents entering our school. These meetings are in September, January, and May. Individual orientations are provided in each classroom. Please call 541-1361 for time and place.

Room Parent Responsibilities

1. Keeping parents up to date on what's going on at FEELC and any activities that are happening in your room. This can be done through emails, room newsletter or a notice in the child's cubby.

2. Keeping an updated e-mail list for your room. Please check with your teachers at the beginning of each month for new children.

3. Letting the Communications chair know when your child moves up and you are no longer the room parent.

For more information contact the Parent Board Communication chair (see Parent Board web page for contact information).

Required Parent Hours     page 26

View this Handbook section as a webpage or download the full Handbook (6.3 MB)

Tuition Assistance:

Childcare Services Association - Wake, Durham and Orange Counties
http://www.childcareservices.org/fs/paying.html

NC department of Health and Human Services - NC division of Child Development
http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/general/
http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/parents/pr_sn2_ov_fa.asp

NIH Tuition Subsidy:
http://does.ors.od.nih.gov/childcare/cc_subsidy.htm

EPA Tuition Subsidy:
For more information, please contact EPA Liaison, Steve VanHorn
(VanHorn.Steve@epamail.epa.gov; 919-541-5446)

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