Should My Child Go to School Today?
It is ok to go to school with:
- Common Cold
- Runny Nose
- Regardless of the color or consistency of the drainage as long as the hcild can take care of the drainage themselves.
- Cough
- Eye Drainage
- Without fever, eye pain, or eyelid/eyeball redness
- Rash
- Without fever or behavior changes
If your child has three or more symptoms, they need to be seen by their healthcare provider.
Please keep your child home if:
- Child Appears to be Severely Ill
- Not responsive, irritable, persistent crying, difficulty breathing, quickly spreading rash
- Fever of 100.4 or Higher
- Stay home until fever free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medications
- Diarrhea
- Stay home if pooping more frequently or is loose and not related to dietary changes
- Stay home until free of diarrhea for 24 hours without medication to control the frequency/consistency
- Vomiting - 2 or more times in the last 24 hours
- Stay home until no vomiting for 24 hours without medication to stop the vomiting and eating has resumed
- Rash
- With fever or behavior changes
- Stay home until the healthcare provider diagnoses causes
- Strep Throat
- Stay home until student has had 2 doses of antibiotics prescribed by a doctor (12 hours apart)
- Head Lice
- May return to school after first treatment