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Health Guidelines

In order to provide as healthy a school environment as possible for all children and staff, the following guidelines have been prepared to assist you in decisions relating to your child's health and school attendance. If your child is not feeling well and you are uncertain about sending him/her on any given school day, it is best to keep your child home and observe him/her for worsening symptoms. If a child is too ill to attend school in the morning, or unable to partake in meaningful class participation, it is recommended that he/she stay home.

When you make the decision to keep your child home, please notify the school secretary or attendance line that your child will be absent and state the nature of your child's illness.

 If you have any questions regarding these guidelines, please contact your school site. 
 
Chicken Pox

Student may return to school when all blisters are dried and crusted over. Notify the school nurse if your child has chickenpox.

Colds

Student should remain home if he/she has temperature at or above 100.4° F, difficulty or rapid breathing, or is too uncomfortable to function at school. 

Diarrhea/ Loose Stools

May attend* school or childcare unless the child has one of the following: 

  • Stool not contained in the diaper or toilet (when toilet-trained) 

  • Stool looks like it contains blood or mucus, or appears like sticky black tar 

  • Yellow skin / eyes (jaundice) 

  • Diarrhea that occurs during an outbreak, and exclusion is recommended by the local health department 

Ear Infections

Student may remain at school but should be evaluated by his/her physician if they complain of ear pain.

Eye Infections

Student may remain at school unless an outbreak occurs, or is otherwise recommended by a MD or Health Department. 

Fever

If the fever is over 100.4° F, the student should remain home. He/she may return to school when fever free for 24 hours, without the use of fever reducing medication.

Head Lice

If student is found to have lice, student should stay home until treatment is completed and recommendations from doctor and/or pharmacy are followed. Children may return to school when their hair is lice-free.
Injury or Surgery Parents should contact the nurse when a child has a serious injury or surgery.  If there are any physician recommended physical restrictions, assistive devices, or school campus modifications, please share the doctor’s note with your school site. Possible modifications to school schedule, physical activity, and mobility on the school campus should be evaluated by the school team.  

Rash

 Student may remain at school unless rash has oozing/open areas that cannot be covered. Student needs to stay at home or be sent home if the rash is accompanied by fever, behavior changes, or feeling ill. If the student is diagnosed with impetigo, scabies, or ringworm, they may return to school once treatment is started, and any open oozing areas have crusted over. 

Sore Throat

 May attend school or child care unless the child has one of the following: Inability to swallow 
or fever is at or above 100.4. 
Vomiting

The student needs to be free from vomiting for at least 24 hours before coming to school. A student may vomit x1 and remain in school if there are no other symptoms of illness present.

Updated: March 5, 2025