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When Should I Keep My Child Home?

When Should I Keep My Child Home?

Students should stay home if they:

  1. Have a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
    • Students should only return to school after they are fever free for 24 hours without the use of any fever reducing medications (acetaminophen/tylenol, ibuprofen/motrin, etc.)
  2. Are vomiting or have diarrhea
    • Must be free of either symptom for 24 hours and able to keep food and liquids down.
  3. Have yellow or green drainage from the eyes (pink eye)
    • Students must be evaluated by a medical professional and begin treatment for pink eye before returning to school
  4. Require antibiotics
    • Students must be 24 hours in to antibiotic course before returning to school
  5. Have a continuous productive cough
    • If the student has an occasional cough, they are fine to be in school. Continuous coughing, though, spreads germs and will impact all other students in the classroom/school.
  6. Have been diagnosed with*:
    • Covid-19
    • Influenza and Strep
    • Chicken Pox
    • Measles
    • Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
    • Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease

*This is not an all inclusive list. Always discuss return to school with your child’s medical provider and follow their guidance