Student Health Exclusion Guidelines
These guidelines are an updated version of those located in the Student Handbook 2024-25.
These guidelines shall be followed for any school day or school sponsored events.
Your child should stay home from school in the following situations:
- Fever: 100.4 degrees F or greater; may return after 24 hours fever free without the aid of fever reducing medications.
- Vomiting: one or more episodes; may return after 24 hours from last episode.
- Diarrhea*: one or more episodes of liquid stool; may return after 24 hours from last episode.
- Rash: open and draining or if a fever is also present; may return after 24 hours fever free or on treatment for 24 hours.
- Live head lice: those with live head lice will have parents notified but the child may remain at school through the end of the school day. Families must treat the head lice before the child may return to school. Upon return after treatment, a head check will be completed, and student proceeds to class. (Revised January 2023.)
- Contagious diseases:
- Cold sores: may return after 24 hours fever free without the use of fever reducing medication.
- Fifth's disease: may return after 24 hours fever free without the use of fever reducing medication.
- Hand, Foot and Mouth disease: may return after 24 hours fever free without the use of fever reducing medication.
- Impetigo: may return after 24 hours on antibiotics and lesions covered until dry and crusted.
- Pink eye: may return after 24 hours fever free without the use of fever reducing medication and able to keep hands away from eyes.
- Ringworm: may return when treatment started or lesions covered completely and able to keep hands away from sites. (Athletes in direct contact sports may return after 72 hours on treatment or lesions covered completely.
- Strep throat or Scarlet fever: may return after 12 hours on antibiotics and after 24 hours fever free without the use of fever reducing medication.
- Scabies: may return when treatment is complete.
- Respiratory illness: RSV, Influenza, COVID-19: may return after 24 hours fever free without the use of fever reducing medication AND overall symptom improvement. (COVID-19: mask for 5 days following symptom improvement, physical distancing, improve air circulation, hygiene.)
- Vaccine Preventable Diseases (Chickenpox, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, etc.) may return per Local Health Department guidance for a school setting.
- Other illnesses not listed: speak with the school nurse for exclusion from and return to school guidance.
*If diarrhea is related to a diagnosed contagious condition such as that related to a foodborne illness, exclusion from and return to school criteria may be longer and per Local Health Department guidance for a school setting.
Public Health Orders may override local Student Health Exclusion Guidelines in some instances. The school nurse will advise you should a situation arise.
Strong scents or odors that permeate the room/space should be avoided and may be addressed as a concern arises. (See medication section about essential oils.)
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