• WHEN SHOULD I KEEP MY CHILD AT HOME?
     

    1.         FEVER-  Children with a fever over 100.0 F should stay home until there is no fever (even with medication) for 24 hours.  If you treat a fever before school, fever may return and your child may still be contagious.  Call your child’s doctor if there is fever with pain, rash, weakness, vomiting, or diarrhea.

     

    2.       DIARRHEA & VOMITING-  One episode of diarrhea or one of vomiting is reason enough to keep your child at home.  If diarrhea or vomiting continues or your child has a fever, rash, or weakness, call your child’s doctor.  Children may return when he/she have been vomit free for 24 hours.

    3.       PERSISTENT COUGH-  If your child’s cough is worse than you would expect with a cold, please keep them at home.  If they have any difficulty with breathing or have fever, call your child’s doctor.

     
    4.       SORE THROAT-  If your child has a sore throat with fever, or a severe sore throat without fever, they should stay home.  Call your child’s doctor if there is a quick onset of fever and sore throat without cold symptoms.
     
    5.       PINK EYE/ CONJUCTIVITIS-  If your child’s eye is red with cloudy or yellow drainage, they should stay home until symptoms have subsided.  Call your child’s doctor for treatment.
     
    6.       PERSISTENT EAR PAIN-  Your child should stay home if they have continuous ear pain.  Call your child’s doctor for treatment.
     
    7.       IMPETIGO-  Your child should stay home if they have red, oozing blister areas with golden-yellow scabs on the body or face.  Call your child’s doctor for treatment.
     
    8.       STOMACH ACHE-  Your child should stay home if he/she complains of stomach ache and has pain with movement or complains of nausea.
     
    9.       LICE-  If your child has head lice, they must be treated and all nits (eggs) removed.  He/she must stay home until the school nurse has cleared them for return.
     
    10.   CHICKENPOX-  Your child should stay home until all the bumps are scabbed and no new bumps have shown up in 48 hours.  Call your child’s doctor for treatment of symptoms.
     
Last Modified on January 9, 2014