When to Stay Home

When should I keep my child home from school?

Every day, before coming to school, we ask parents/guardians to check and ask their child if they have any of the following symptoms and/or exposure: 

• 1.  Fever – temperature 100.4 degrees or greater.

  2.  Cough

  3.  Rash

  4.  Sore throat/swollen glands

  5.  Shortness of breath

  6.  Runny nose or congestion

  7.  Diarrhea

  8.  Nausea or vomiting

  9.  Fatigue

  10.  Headache

  11.  Muscle pain

  12.  Lack of appetite

  13.  Loss of taste or smell

  14.  Red, itchy, watery eyes

  15.  Persistent earache 

We ask students who have had any of the above symptoms in the past 24 hours to stay home from school and/or until symptoms resolve without medication to relieve symptom(s).

We ask students who have taken any fever-reducing medications such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen in the past 24 hours to stay home until they are fever-free without the use of medication for 24 hours.

We ask students who feel healthy but have recently had close contact with a person with COVID-19 to monitor their health until 10 days after their last exposure.  

Please notify the office at 417-523-3200 before 9:00 am to communicate your student’s absence. 

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