Staying Home When Sick

Parents should keep students home from school if they have a temperature of 100.0° or other symptoms or illness. An ill student may not return to school until:

*The student has been fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever-lowering medication. A fever is defined as a temperature of 100.0° or higher. 

*The student has been free of vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours after the last episode of such illness.

*Students experiencing frequent coughing may need to be excluded from class until the coughing subsides or is well controlled with medication, in concurrence with nursing assessment and judgement.

*Students experiencing an active nit & lice infestation shall be excluded from school for the necessary treatment to occur. Students must be examined by the school nurse to be readmitted to class.

If a child becomes ill, or is seriously injured during the school day, the school will make every effort to contact the parent/guardian first. The emergency phone number listed for the child will be called if the parents cannot be reached. Please keep the school advised of any changes in phone number or emergency contacts. 

If your child is not able to participate in PE or to play outside for more than 3 days, a doctor’s note is required; otherwise, a parent note is required for injury/illness episodes lasting fewer than 3 days.