• Illness & Contagious Diseases:

    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.

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