Parents Can Now Manage Their Children's Medical Data Through weCare@school

Fairfax County Public Schools is committed to ensuring that the climate in all FCPS facilities is safe and secure. In support of this goal, FCPS is pleased to announce that the weCare@school (weCare) emergency care information system is now available to FCPS parents and guardians who have registered for their own FCPS 24-7 Learning account. 

weCare@school helps manage emergency medical information by enabling parents to enter and update their children’s medical data at their convenience. Before any data can be entered, parents must first validate their identity in person at their children’s school or schools, which can be done at times designated by individual schools.

Once the validation is complete, parents can log on to FCPS 24-7 Learning at http://fcps.blackboard.com and update their children’s medical information, contact information, and physician information at their convenience. The new technology will complement the current emergency care form that parents are asked to fill out at the start of each new school year.

One of the benefits of the new service is that it will enable first responders in schools—such as police officers, nurses, principals, and assistant principals—to securely access the most current emergency care and location information on students via wireless handheld devices and cell phones. The new technology will also allow school personnel to fax emergency care information from the handheld devices to hospital emergency rooms.

Once a parent updates his or her child’s information using weCare, the student information assistant at the school can review the submission and confirm the information before the student information database is updated.

Quick reference help information is available within FCPS 24-7: Parent View, and helpdesk support is accessible by phone at 1-866-434-8880. Each school will provide information to the parents of its community when it is opening the account registration process. For additional information about weCare, please visit http://www.fcps.edu/news/wecare.html.