Guidelines For Keeping Your Child Home From School - Jan 2024

Fever: 
If your child’s temperature is 100 degrees Fahrenheit or greater (or 1 or 2 degrees above the child’s normal temperature) (s) he must remain home until (s) he has been without fever for a full 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications. Remember, fever is a symptom indicating the presence of an illness. 

Flu:
Abrupt onset of fever, chills, headache and sore muscles. Runny nose, sore throat, and cough are common. Your child must remain home from school until symptoms are gone and the child is without fever for 24 hours. 

Head Lice:
Lice are small grayish-tan, wingless insects that lay eggs called nits. Nits are firmly attached to the hair shafts, close to the scalp. Nits are much easier to see and detect than lice. They are small white specks, which are usually found at the nape of the neck and behind the ears. Following lice infestation, your child may return to school after receiving treatment with a pediculicide shampoo. Upon returning to school a re-check by the school nurse is required

Pinkeye (Bacterial Conjunctivitis):
Redness and swelling of the membranes of the eye or burning or itching, matter coming from one or both eyes, or crusts on the eyelids. Your child must remain home from school until receiving 24 hours of antibiotic therapy, as determined by your physician, and discharge from the eyes has stopped. 

Strep Throat and Scarlet Fever: 
Strep throat usually begins with fever, sore and red throat, possibly pus spots on the back of the throat, tender swollen glands of the neck. With scarlet fever there are all the symptoms of strep throat as well as a strawberry appearance to the tongue and rash of the skin. High fever, nausea and vomiting may also occur. Your child must remain home from school until receiving a full 24 hours of antibiotic therapy AND until without fever or vomiting for 24 hours. Most physicians will advise rest at home 1-2 days after a strep infection. 

Vomiting and Diarrhea (Intestinal Viral Infections):
Stomachache, cramping, nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea, possible fever, headache, and body aches. Your child must remain at home until without vomiting, diarrhea or fever for a full 24 hours. If your child has had any of these symptoms during the night, (s) he should not be sent to school the following day.

Nurse Jen and Nurse Shelly