To maintain the health and well-being of your child and other students, exclusion for the following symptoms is strongly advised.

• Mild Respiratory Tract Illnesses: Most children will not need to be excluded unless accompanied by fever, persistent coughing, or behavioral changes. If the child has asthma, please monitor for asthmatic symptoms at home and keep the child home if he/she has breathing difficulties or received emergency treatments before school.

• Diarrhea: A student should be kept home unless the student is known to have diarrhea from a documented medical condition. The student may return to school 24 hours after symptoms resolve.

• Fever: A student should be kept home if he/she has a temperature of 99.5 or higher or does not look well with a low grade fever. The student may return to school when signs and symptoms of illness have resolved and there has been no fever for 24 hours without fever reducing medication.

• Rash: A student should be kept at home if the rash is accompanied with a fever, behavioral changes, and/or until a physician has determined that the rash is not a communicable disease. A physician’s note is required upon return to school.

• Vomiting: A student must be kept at home if there is active vomiting with or without fever, two or more times during a 24 hour period. At times vomiting can be caused by anxiety, crying, or coughing, which would not warrant exclusion from school. 

Should you have any questions and/ or concerns about whether your child should return to school after an illness, please contact your school nurse.