Ridgegate Elementary

Illness

If the following symptoms occur, then your child will need to be picked up from school as soon as possible. 

If these symptoms occur at home, please do not send him/her to school until they are resolved.  

• Fever of 100.0°F or higher (cannot return to school until student has been fever-free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication)
• Vomiting/Diarrhea
• Symptoms of a communicable disease, such as an undetermined rash
• If child feels too ill to remain at school
• Persistent, unrelieved cough
• Live head lice

Contagious Diseases

To protect our students from contagious illnesses, students infected with certain diseases are not allowed to come to school while contagious.

If a parent suspects that his/her child has a contagious disease, then the parent should contact the school nurse or principal so the other students who might have been exposed to the disease can be alerted.

• Chicken Pox (Varicella) – Child may return to school after all blisters have crusted.
• Impetigo (bacterial rash) – Child may return to school with written permission from the physician after treatment has begun.
• Pediculosis (head lice) – Child may return to school after treatment with a medicated shampoo or lotion formulated for head lice has been used. The child must see the nurse before going to class.
• Conjunctivitis (pink eye) – Child may return to school with written permission from the physician or when the eyes are clear.
• Ringworm of the scalp – Child may return to school with written permission from the physician after treatment has begun.
• Ringworm of the skin – The affected area must stay covered until rash is gone.
• Scabies – Child may return with written permission from the physician after treatment.
• Tuberculosis (TB) – Child may return to school with written permission from the physician after treatment has begun.