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Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood cancer have led to improved survival rates, making it increasingly important to focus not only on children's physical recovery after treatment, but also on their reintegration into social, emotional, and academic life. In this context, return to school should be understood not merely as the resumption of education for children and adolescents who have experienced cancer, but as a process of rebuilding peer relationships, restoring a sense of belonging, coping with visible or invisible treatment-related effects, and moving toward the “normalcy” of everyday life. Recent systematic reviews have shown that returning to school is a multidimensional process in which children may face numerous barriers, including lack of information, academic delay, peer reactions, stigma, fatigue, cognitive difficulties, and unstructured or poorly coordinated transitions., , For children receiving or completing cancer treatment, these difficulties are closely linked to ongoing symptom burden, psychosocial adjustment, developmental needs, and the continuity of supportive care across home, hospital, and school settings. Readjustment to school is a multifactorial process involving not only the child and family, but also teachers, school administrators, school counselors, and school health professionals. An effective return-to-school process can be achieved through structured guidance, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the active involvement of the child. In particular, school personnel play a critical role in recognizing changes in the student's academic performance, planning classroom accommodations, informing peers, responding sensitively to visible differences or health-related needs, and maintaining coordination among the family, health care team, and school. Nevertheless, recent studies indicate that teachers and other school personnel often experience uncertainty, feelings of inadequacy, and unmet information needs when supporting the return of a student receiving treatment for or with a history of childhood cancer to the classroom. Similarly, recent reviews and qualitative studies focusing on parental experiences have shown that school reintegration is often hindered by the absence of systematic, coordinated, and sustainable support structures, as well as by deficiencies in information exchange, role clarification, and individualized planning., , These findings suggest that school reintegration is not solely an educational transition, but also a care transition that requires communication, preparation, and continuity across sectors. From a pediatric oncology nursing perspective, school personnel's perspectives may be particularly relevant because they reflect the school-facing context in which cancer-related needs are interpreted and managed. School personnel are often the first to observe whether clinical advice is understandable in the classroom, whether treatment-related needs are translated into feasible school routines, and where communication between the family, hospital, and school breaks down. Understanding their perspectives may therefore help identify school-side information gaps, coordination problems, and practical concerns that could inform future interdisciplinary return-to-school support. Different groups of school personnel may encounter different aspects of the student's return-to-school process., , Teachers are usually the professionals who most directly observe the child's classroom participation, learning difficulties, fatigue, peer interactions, and day-to-day adjustment. School administrators may have less direct interaction with the student, but they often play a central role in communication with parents or guardians, arranging attendance procedures, coordinating institutional resources, and supporting school-wide decisions about accommodations and safety. School counselors are positioned to observe psychosocial adjustment, peer acceptance, emotional difficulties, and the classroom climate, whereas a school nurse or a nurse working in a school infirmary, where available, may be more directly involved in monitoring health-related vulnerabilities, infection precautions, medication-related needs, fatigue, and emergency responses., , Therefore, examining the perspectives of school personnel in different roles is important because school re-entry is not experienced or supported through a single professional lens; rather, it is shaped by the combined academic, psychosocial, administrative, and health-related responsibilities distributed across the school environment.