Health + Safety
Staying Healthy and Safe at School
PS 295 has a full-time NYC Department of Education nurse on site providing key health supports and medical needs.
Our nurse will reach out directly to designated caretakers in real-time when family support is required. Students will also bring home a report from all nurse visits.
New York State health units are taught by classroom teachers in grades K-5.
PS 295 has a full-time school safety agent from the NYPD 72nd Precinct on site throughout the school year.
A minimum of 15 Safety drills are conducted throughout the school year, including three bus drills, eight fire drills, and four soft lockdown drills.
When Your Child is Sick
Rest can help your child get better sooner, and it helps prevent the spread of germs. Here are specific recommendations when your child is sick:
If your child has diarrhea, they should stay home until the diarrhea has stopped and stools are formed.
If your child has a fever, they should stay home until being fever free for 24 hours, or until their doctor says it is okay to go back to school.
If your child has difficulty breathing, call your doctor right away.
Please contact PS 295 nurse’s office (718-965-0390) to let us know if your child has a confirmed diagnosis of an illness that can spread to others.
Immunization
A healthy school setting gives all students the best chance to learn and grow. Vaccines are very important to this effort.
Immunization protect children from getting and spreading diseases that can make them very sick.
For this reason, we require children aged 2-months to 18-years-old who are entering or attending childcare, public school, or private school be vaccinated against certain diseases.
For information about required immunizations, please visit the NYC Department of Education Immunization Requirements.
Doctors Visits
Our school offers health care services that can support an outside medical provider’s care.
Learn about services at school for students with conditions like asthma, allergies, and diabetes.
If your child has a chronic condition, they may need to see their health care provider more often.
The health care provider will manage your child’s condition with a treatment plan. This can reduce your child’s symptoms and lower the chance of an emergency room visit.
If you don’t have a health care provider, call 311 or the 24-hour Contact Center for NYC Health and Hospitals: (844) NYC-4NYC
Care is available in NYC regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. Find a health center near you.
COVID-19
If your child has symptoms of the coronavirus COVID-19, follow this guidance, updated by NYC DOE as of March 2024:
Based on updated health guidance, instead of a minimum isolation period, people with COVID-19 should stay home and away from others based on their symptoms, similar to how they would for other respiratory infections, like flu and RSV.
If your child has COVID-19 symptoms, they should still get tested and separate from others right away.
Your child should stay home until, for at least 24 hours, they have had no fever without taking fever-reducing medicine and other COVID-19 symptoms are getting better.
If your child tests positive for COVID-19 but has no symptoms, they do not need to stay home but they still need to take the below steps to prevent spreading the virus to others.
Safety and Security
At PS 295, there are two “windows of safety and security” that take place during arrival and dismissal times. During these times no visitors, including parents or guardians, will be allowed in the school building. We appreciate your cooperation to ensure your child’s safety.
The first window of safety and security is for morning arrival. It is from 8:00—8:25am.
The second window of safety and security is for dismissal. It is from 2:20—2:50pm on regular school days and at 11:20–11:50am on half days.
The only visitors that will be allowed will be the parents for 3K and Pre-K who are to follow the arrival and dismissal procedures outlined above.
If you are picking up your student early from school, you need to plan for arriving at the 18th Street Lobby Entrance before 2:20pm on regular school days and 11:20am on half days.
