WHEN SHOULD I KEEP MY CHILD AT HOME?
1. FEVER- Children with a fever over 100.0 F should stay home until there is no fever (even with medication) for 24 hours. If you treat a fever before school, fever may return and your child may still be contagious. Call your child’s doctor if there is fever with pain, rash, weakness, vomiting, or diarrhea.
2. DIARRHEA & VOMITING- One episode of diarrhea or one of vomiting is reason enough to keep your child at home. If diarrhea or vomiting continues or your child has a fever, rash, or weakness, call your child’s doctor. Children may return when he/she have been vomit free for 24 hours.
3. PERSISTENT COUGH- If your child’s cough is worse than you would expect with a cold, please keep them at home. If they have any difficulty with breathing or have fever, call your child’s doctor.
4. SORE THROAT- If your child has a sore throat with fever, or a severe sore throat without fever, they should stay home. Call your child’s doctor if there is a quick onset of fever and sore throat without cold symptoms.
5. PINK EYE/ CONJUCTIVITIS- If your child’s eye is red with cloudy or yellow drainage, they should stay home until symptoms have subsided. Call your child’s doctor for treatment.
6. PERSISTENT EAR PAIN- Your child should stay home if they have continuous ear pain. Call your child’s doctor for treatment.
7. IMPETIGO- Your child should stay home if they have red, oozing blister areas with golden-yellow scabs on the body or face. Call your child’s doctor for treatment.
8. STOMACH ACHE- Your child should stay home if he/she complains of stomach ache and has pain with movement or complains of nausea.
9. LICE- If your child has head lice, they must be treated and all nits (eggs) removed. He/she must stay home until the school nurse has cleared them for return.
10. CHICKENPOX- Your child should stay home until all the bumps are scabbed and no new bumps have shown up in 48 hours. Call your child’s doctor for treatment of symptoms.
