WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL

In order for your child to be able to learn and to control communicable diseases in the school, it is important to keep your child home for the following reasons:

• Temperature of 100 degrees or more. Your child should be fever-free (without Tylenol or Motrin) for 24 hours before returning to school.
• If your child vomited or had diarrhea during the previous evening or night, please keep him/her home.
• Strep Throat - your child must be on an antibiotic for 24 hours before returning to school.
• Swollen, red eyes that itch and are draining — your child must be on an antibiotic for 24 hours before returning to school for bacterial conjunctivitis and drainage free and/or a note from your doctor IS REQUIRED.
• Moist, productive cough, chest congestion, or discolored nasal dischage. However, for a mild runny, stuffy nose and mild cough it is alright to send your child to school.
• An unusual rash, a blistery rash, or a rash associated with a fever. Your child should remain at home until you have discussed the rash with your physician. A NOTE FROM YOUR PHYSICIAN IS REQUIRED TO RETURN TO SCHOOL!