I was just sitting at the front desk covering the phones for 10 minutes and got a call from a social worker. She informed me that she was assigned to student X, a Kindergartener, who had been removed from the home on an emergency basis on 1/6. She was calling to follow-up on her and see how she was doing?! I had NO idea this even happened. I asked her who her point of contact was here at school and she gave me the principal's name, so I took a message and said the principal would call her back. She ended the conversation with "Oh, and by the way, she STILL has lead poisining"!?!
So I went and looked into her chart and there is a copy of a letter sent indicating an emergency removal from her home. I'm feeling like as the nurse, I should have been informed of this, especially because I occasionally cover the desk and answer phones and dismiss students. I would have had NO idea she wasn't allowed to leave with anyone but the social worker had I been covering the desk. And the lead poisoning is a while other issue. I have no documentation of that anywhere...
So my question is, for any of you who have had a student removed from the home where you weren't the one making the complaint, were you made aware at all? I plan on talking to the principal about everything but am wondering what happens in most cases.
Thanks