Spring Times
2025-26 Back to School Edition
Individualized Health Care Plans
If your child has a medical condition that may require special care at school, an Individualized Healthcare Plan (IHP) may be needed. These plans are created by the school, parents, healthcare professionals, and the student to outline the necessary support.
Not all students will need an IHP. The decision depends on how the condition affects school participation and the level of support required. If needed, you can get an IHP form from the school nurse to have your child’s doctor complete, sign, and return.
Medication Administration
At each campus there are nurses and trained staff who can administer medications. In order to ensure the safe and accurate administration of medications at school, all required medication authorization forms must be fully completed, signed by both the parent/guardian and healthcare provider, and must clearly match the medication brought to campus. Medications cannot be brought in by elementary and middle school students. Any medication given at school must be provided by the parent/guardian.
If there are discrepancies between the documentation and the medication provided, or if the forms are incomplete or unclear, school staff may not administer the medication to avoid the risk of error. In such cases, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to make alternate arrangements for their child’s medication needs until the proper documentation is submitted and verified.
Before administering medication, it must be
Sent in the original container/packaging with a prescription label. Over the counter medicine must be unopened/unused.
Needed at least three times per day, unless specified by the doctor.
Current and not expired.
Consents from a parent/guardian AND the student’s doctor are required for ANY medication that the student can carry or self administer. This includes prescription, emergency (Epi Pens, Rescue Inhalers, Diastat, etc.), and over the counter medications.
**EPI-PENS and RESPIRATORY RESCUE INHALERS, or OTHER EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS** If a student requires any rescue medication to be administered, an Individualized Healthcare Plan (IHP) must be completed.
Healthy Food Fuels Better Learning
For the 2025-2026 school year, Spring ISD will offer free breakfast and free lunch to ALL students in every school, along with free supper to students involved in after-school programs at many of our campuses. Each campus will offer a la carte items for purchase at meal times. These items may be purchased with cash or the student's meal account.
In addition, students who pack a lunch from home can utilize our “Pick 3” program, which allows them to come through the cafeteria line and grab three items for free: a hot or cold fruit, vegetable and a milk. With Pick 3, we hope to take away some of the burden of packing lunches and provide ready-to-eat sides for students to "bulk up" their lunch with healthy options.
Our trained chef works with our dietitians on developing kid-friendly and kid-tested menu items that our students actually enjoy and will eat. This year, your child can look forward to delicious new recipes like Chicken Lo Mein, Buffalo Alfredo, Tikka Masala, Asian-inspired salads, and much more. We can’t wait for them to try what’s cooking!
Menus are available at www.schoolcafe.com/SpringISD, which offers complete nutritional information and an easy way to add money to your child’s meal account and manage the account balance. Sign up using your child’s student identification number.
