medical and dental forms

[Anonymous]

To accept a DCPS match and enroll, do I need provide all forms including the medical and dental forms? Or can they be submitted at a later date (but before school begins)? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Medical and dental can come later. You need to prove residency and age of child.

[Anonymous]

That said, I highly recomment saving a copy of your health and dental forms after each visit from now on. Will make your life a lot easier.

[Anonymous]

Actually this is different for some schools this year. Our charter wants medical/dental forms for new enrollees by May 1. Other kid's charter wants reenrollment + medical/dental by June 1. Call your school and ask.

[Anonymous]

NP. The first time I called the school to ask, they said those forms could come later. The second time they said we need everything by May 1. So that's clear as mud.

Anyone know what the deal is with the lead tests? We are coming from out of state and I don't think my kids have ever had one. Now I'm supposed to get them two before May 1?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. The first time I called the school to ask, they said those forms could come later. The second time they said we need everything by May 1. So that's clear as mud.

Anyone know what the deal is with the lead tests? We are coming from out of state and I don't think my kids have ever had one. Now I'm supposed to get them two before May 1?!

No, they need 2 before age 6.

Our DCPS wanted everything by May 1 to enroll a new PK student.

[Anonymous]

Most pediatricians run the lead tests as standard practice around 12 mos I think. Esp if you live in a high risk zip for possible lead paint exposure.

[Anonymous]

I guess it depends on the school, but for our current charter and our new charter for the upcoming school year, medical and dental forms could/can be turned in by the first day of school. The main thing for the May 1 deadline was residency proof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on the school, but for our current charter and our new charter for the upcoming school year, medical and dental forms could/can be turned in by the first day of school. The main thing for the May 1 deadline was residency proof.

Same at ours. FYI, forms are good for a year from issuance and won't need to be refreshed through entire school-year as long as they are valid as of date they are submitted (i.e., less than a year old at time accepted by school). So if, for instance, you have had to give them to a daycare every year they might still be valid.

[Anonymous]

I asked our DCPS preK and they said we had to submit all the forms by May 1, including medical and dental -- but last year's medical and dental would be fine until the next time we got to the doctor. That said, the school our son will be attending is mostly low income so i'm guessing they'll be pretty flexible on everything save for the residency forms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I asked our DCPS preK and they said we had to submit all the forms by May 1, including medical and dental -- but last year's medical and dental would be fine until the next time we got to the doctor. That said, [/b]the school our son will be attending is mostly low income so i'm guessing they'll be pretty flexible on everything save for the residency forms[b].

What does low income have to do with turning in forms?

[Anonymous]

Yes my question as well. What does being low income have to do with submitting forms. Argh!

[Anonymous]

My DCPS said only enrollment, residency verification and birth certificate now. Medical and dental could be turned in "over the summer" I assume this just means before the first day of school. This is for a new PK3 student.

[Anonymous]

Our DCPS also said your can enroll now, which we have already done, and then turn in your medical forms before the start of the new school year. I don't think this permission to give medical forms after official enrollment has anything to do with SES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I asked our DCPS preK and they said we had to submit all the forms by May 1, including medical and dental -- but last year's medical and dental would be fine until the next time we got to the doctor. That said, the school our son will be attending is mostly low income so i'm guessing they'll be pretty flexible on everything save for the residency forms.

New poster here, but there's a pretty obvious correlation between low-income, which often means at-risk, which often means food scarcity, healthcare scarcity etc. Low income people often don't lack healthcare, dummies, because this country doesn't have single pawer. Which for a million reasons means that it can be hard for parents of new school students to get health and medical forms submitted with only a month's notice. I am going to be scrambling this month to pull together the forms -- from LAST year -- and i only have those super handy because my *rich* kid has already been in preschool for a year. I would be in trouble if i needed to get a doctor's appointment and dentist appointment taken care of in a month's time -- and i can come and go from work pretty easily. If i'm low income and working minimum wage, this is crazy hard to accomplish. It's not a statement about the parents' capacity to get their sh*t together; it's a statement about it sucks to be low income and have only a month to TCB on stuff that is hard enough for people with better resources. Anybody who wants to call me out on that statement is an idiot.