ILLNESS AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Keeping your child home from school
The school recommends that you keep your child home
from school when your child has any of the following
symptoms:
- fever 100o
F or greater
- fever
within last 24 hours
- frequent,
hard coughing
- vomiting
within the last 12 hours
- frequent
loose, watery bowel movements (diarrhea)
- drainage
from ears or eyes
- head lice
until adequately treated and nits removed
For general illness, the School recommends that you
return your child to school when the following occurs:
-
temperature is normal for the past 24 hours
- child
feels well enough to be in school for the full day
- no
vomiting/loose stools for at least 12 hours
- Please
send a note with your child when they return to
school explaining the specific reason (symptoms) for
the absence.
STUDENTS ARE EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL FOR THE FOLLOWING
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES:
Strep
Throat 24 hours after prescription
antibiotics are started
Conjunctivitis 24 hours after
prescription antibiotics are started and all discharge
from the eyes is gone (eyes are dry)
Head Lice
Until the condition no longer exists and nits (eggs)
have been removed
Impetigo Until adequately
treated by a physician and lesions are no longer
draining
Ringworm
Until adequately treated by a physician
Chicken Pox
Until all lesions are dry (usually at least six days)
Scarlet Fever
24 hours after prescription antibiotics are started
Scabies Until adequately
treated by a physician
Taking Your Child To The
Doctor:
The following are some of the
school doctor’s recommendations for seeking health
care when your child is ill:
Fever:
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temperature above 101
degrees F for more than 2 days
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fever with trouble
breathing
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fever with pain in
the body, unusually sleepy or irritable
Sore
Throat:
q
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with a fever for
more than 2 days
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unable to drink
fluids
q
q
increasing Pain
q
q
difficulty
swallowing
Cough:
q
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lasts longer than
2 weeks
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q
with complaints of
chest pain or difficulty breathing
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it causes choking
or vomiting
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if it keeps the
child awake at night
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it is made worse
with or is caused by exercise
Vomiting/Diarrhea
q
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lasts more than 24
hours
q
q
with abdominal
pain lasting more than 2 hours
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q
with inability to
keep fluids down
Pain
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sudden unexplained
onset
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with fever
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with movement
and/or swelling
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does not respond
to rest or pain increases
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q
causes the child
to wake up at night
Ear/Eye
q
q
pain and/or
drainage