Student Health Services
Mount Vernon School District
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Should my student come to school today?
Should my student come to school today?
Please contact your school’s attendance office to report absences.
If your child is sick for 3 days or more, the school nurse recommends a doctor visit.
When to stay home from school:
Fever: temperature 100F or higher, OR feeling warm to the touch.
Cold/Flu: any new symptoms (runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, coughing, sneezing, unusual headache, chills, body aches, unusually tired)
Vomiting/diarrhea: 2 or more episodes of vomiting or loose stools within the last 24 hours.
Rash: new rash that has not been diagnosed.
Head lice: live bugs on the head, OR evidence of head lice that has not been treated.
Eye infection: redness with itchy or crusty drainage from the eye.
Severe illness or injury: Please notify your school immediately if your child has a severe illness or injury. Your school nurse will help determine when it is safe to return, and if extra support is needed at school.
When to return to school:
Fever: no fever for at least 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medication (Tylenol, ibuprofen, Motrin, etc.).
Cold/flu: symptoms are improving, AND feeling well enough to participate in school all day without medication or a nap.
Vomiting/diarrhea: no vomiting or loose stools for at least 24 hours, AND
able to eat solid meals.
Rash: doctor note to return to school, OR rash is completely healed and all other symptoms are gone.
Head lice: completed lice treatment, AND no live bugs.
Students must be evaluated by the school health office with guardian present before they are allowed to return to class.
Eye infection: doctor note to return to school, OR symptoms are completely gone.
Severe illness or injury: when cleared by the doctor and school nurse.
Legal Health Requirements for School Attendance - What every guardian must know
Legal Health Requirements for School Attendance - What every guardian must know
All families must provide medically verified proof of complete vaccinations or exemptions before attending school or school activities. Click here for details.
All families must provide medically verified proof of complete vaccinations or exemptions before attending school or school activities. Click here for details.
If your child has a life-treatening condition (e.g. diabetes, severe allergies, severe seizures):
If your child has a life-treatening condition (e.g. diabetes, severe allergies, severe seizures):
Doctor's orders for care and medications - signed by the doctor and the parent,
Rescue medication - glucagon, EpiPen, seizure medication
Meet or talk with the school nurse to update the health plan.
Your school nurses are ready to help you complete these tasks so your child can start school as soon as possible.
Your school nurses are ready to help you complete these tasks so your child can start school as soon as possible.
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