General Illness Guidelines - please contact your child's primary care provider or the school health services team with any specific questions.
A child with a fever of 100F or higher needs to stay home until they are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
In general, if a child feels too ill to participate in classroom activities, regardless of fever, they should be at home.
Students with vomiting and/or diarrhea must stay home for 24 hours after their symptoms have resolved.
Students with an infection, such as strep throat, requiring antibiotic treatment, must be on antibiotics at home for 24 hours prior to returning to school.
Refer to the school handbook for more specific information regarding attendance.
Please contact Health Services if your child has an ongoing medical condition that affects their attendance.
Symptoms of COVID-19
Fever, Shortness of Breath, Cough, New Loss of Taste or Smell, Muscle or Body Aches, Headache, Sore Throat, Congestion or Runny Nose, Nausea or Vomiting, Diarrhea, Fatigue.
Testing for COVID-19 is no longer required
A student with a lab-confirmed test (not a home test) is excused from school for 5 days following the day of symptom onset.
For students who have tested positive, it is recommended that they should stay home for 5 days from symptom onset, their symptoms should be improving, and they must be fever-free for 24 hours prior to returning.
For students that have COVID symptoms, but have not tested. They may return to school when they have been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms are improving.
Students will not be required to quarantine following an exposure to COVID-19.
A WIAA post-COVID physical is recommended for those who recover from COVID-19.
Updated 11/09/2023
Contact Health Services with any questions or concerns at 920-269-4396 ext 117
Contact the school office to report student absences
Theresa Elementary Office & Attendance ------------- 920-488-2181
Lomira Elementary & Middle Office & Attendance -- 920-269-4757
High School Office & Attendance ------------------------ 920-269-4026