In order for your child to be available for learning and to control communicable diseases in school, it is important to keep your child home for the following reasons:
COVID-19 Specific symptoms (new, not ongoing):
• Fever greater than 100.0 degrees
• Body ache or muscle pain
• Cough
• Congestion or runny nose
• Loss of appetite
• Loss of smell and/or taste
• Shortness of breath
• Sore throat
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Chills
• Extreme tiredness
Waiting for COVID-19 test results
• Stay home until a negative result is received
General Illness Symptoms:
• Fever greater than 100.0 degrees.
Your child should be fever-free and off all fever-reducing medications for 24 hours before he/she returns to school. Students returning to school before they are well are more susceptible to illness and may expose others
• Vomiting and Diarrhea
Your child should stay home until the illness is over for at least 12 hours.
• Flu Symptoms
Fever, chills, headache, body aches, dry cough, nausea and vomiting. The flu is serious. Contact your doctor immediately if you suspect your child has the flu.
• Head Lice –until treatment is provided
• Conjunctivitis –until under treatment
• Rash- please keep child home until rash is diagnosed as non-contagious