Illness
Occasionally it may be necessary for school personnel to send a child home from school related to illness. It is advisable for parents to have alternate childcare available, as some viral illnesses can persist for five to seven school days.
Is my child too sick for school?
If your child requires over the counter pain reliever, fever reducer or cough suppressant, you should consider keeping your child home from school. Many times, the parent is called within the first hour of the school day to came and pick the child up from school.
The parent/guardian will also be notified and asked to come promptly for the child if the student exhibits any of the following:
Oral temperature of 100.0 degrees or over or an indication that the student has been medicated for a fever before coming to school.
Vomiting, diarrhea (or reported episodes in the previous 24 hour period), nausea, earache, severe headache, fainting or undiagnosed seizure or any other acute condition that prevents your child from full participation in the school day.
Children taking antibiotics for contagious conditions need to stay at home for a full 24 hours after the antibiotics have been started, and may then return to school if fever and other symptoms have subsided.
Communicable/Infectious Diseases
Students with any medical condition which within the school setting that may expose others to disease or contagious and infectious conditions may be excluded from school and referred for medical diagnosis and treatment. The following are examples of communicable diseases: conjunctivitis (pink eye), head lice, chicken pox, scabies, hepatitis, impetigo, ringworm, pinworms, influenza and pertussis (whooping cough). Before a child may return to school after an absence due this type of condition, parents may be required to submit medical evidence that their child has recovered sufficiently to prevent exposing others. Please report any diagnosed or suspected communicable diseases to the school health office.
Occasionally it may be necessary for school personnel to send a child home from school related to illness. It is advisable for parents to have alternate childcare available, as some viral illnesses can persist for five to seven school days.
Is my child too sick for school?
If your child requires over the counter pain reliever, fever reducer or cough suppressant, you should consider keeping your child home from school. Many times, the parent is called within the first hour of the school day to came and pick the child up from school.
The parent/guardian will also be notified and asked to come promptly for the child if the student exhibits any of the following:
Oral temperature of 100.0 degrees or over or an indication that the student has been medicated for a fever before coming to school.
Vomiting, diarrhea (or reported episodes in the previous 24 hour period), nausea, earache, severe headache, fainting or undiagnosed seizure or any other acute condition that prevents your child from full participation in the school day.
Children taking antibiotics for contagious conditions need to stay at home for a full 24 hours after the antibiotics have been started, and may then return to school if fever and other symptoms have subsided.
Communicable/Infectious Diseases
Students with any medical condition which within the school setting that may expose others to disease or contagious and infectious conditions may be excluded from school and referred for medical diagnosis and treatment. The following are examples of communicable diseases: conjunctivitis (pink eye), head lice, chicken pox, scabies, hepatitis, impetigo, ringworm, pinworms, influenza and pertussis (whooping cough). Before a child may return to school after an absence due this type of condition, parents may be required to submit medical evidence that their child has recovered sufficiently to prevent exposing others. Please report any diagnosed or suspected communicable diseases to the school health office.