When should your child stay home from school?
~See below for specific circumstances~
***Please CALL or EMAIL me stating why your child will be staying home if it is regarding an illness!***
Note: if only one of your children are symptomatic, please monitor his/her siblings to ensure he/she is also not symptomatic BEFORE sending into school!
StayingHomeFromSchoolNJGuidelinesUpdated.pdfTo note: A "fever" is considered a body temperature ≥100.4°F
Your child MUST be fever-free for 24 hours without any fever-reducing medication & symptoms improving before returning to school!
Your child MUST be "vomit-free" for 24 hours before returning back to school!
~DOCTOR'S NOTE DOES NOT SUPERSEDE THE "24 HOURS RULE"~
Exclusion and Preventing Transmission: Students and staff with symptoms* of a respiratory virus should stay home and away from others until:
The individual is fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication AND
Symptoms are improving, which means the individual is no longer feeling ill and able to participate comfortably in educational and other activities as they did before they were ill. Any remaining symptoms, such as cough or runny nose are mild or infrequent.
Individuals can then return to normal activities, but they should take additional precautions for the next 5 days when they are around other people indoors. These precautions include:
Wearing a well-fitting mask for next 5 days
Practicing good hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette
Physical distancing when around others
*Symptoms can include; fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, chest discomfort, chills, cough, decrease in appetite, diarrhea, fatigue (tiredness), fever or feeling feverish, headache, muscle or body aches, new loss of taste or smell, runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat, vomiting, weakness, wheezing.
School_Exclusion_List.pdf