When to Keep Your Child Home

If your child has a fever over 100°, is vomiting, or has diarrhea, your child should stay home from school.  Your child may return to school when they have been free of fever/vomiting/diarrhea for at least 24 hours.

Your child should also stay home from school if he/she has an unidentified rash or live head lice.  If your child has a rash, your child may return to school when their doctor recommends.  Please provide a note to your child's school office.  If your child has live head lice, he/she may return to school after they are treated as long as there are no longer any live lice.

Your child should stay home if he/she has an eye infection and are unable to avoid touching their eyes.

If your child has a communicable disease, please refer to this chart for guidance on when they may return to school.

COVID Guidance

We are continuing to recommend following the CDC's guidance which can be found here - What to Do If You Were Exposed to COVID-19

We are continuing to follow our illness protocol that we followed prior to COVID:  If a student has a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, then they should stay home until they are 24 hours symptom-free.  

If a student has multiple COVID-like symptoms (cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle/body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, fever or chills), then they should contact their medical provider’s office for guidance.

If a student tests positive for COVID or was in close contact with an individual who tested positive, the student should follow their doctor’s guidance.  Documentation from their doctor must be provided to the school office stating the student should be excused from school and their return date in order for the student’s absence to be excused.

Just as prior to COVID, student absences that occur without a doctor’s note will be unexcused until proper documentation is provided.