Student Gets Ill at School

As soon as a student is identified with COVID-like symptoms, the student is sent to the school nurse.

School nurse will triage the student and, as appropriate, isolate the student from others.

School nurse will notify family.

Identify any relevant classmates for potential contact tracing, if initiated by the Vanderburgh County Health Department.

Schools will disinfect the nurse’s office and other areas where a sick student was triaged or provided aid.

Any students sent home with a fever should remain home until they are fever free for 24 hours without the aid of fever-reducing medication, isolate for at least 10 days from the first day symptoms appeared and have improvement of respiratory systems.