Student Health Exclusion Guidelines
These guidelines are also located in the Student Handbook.
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: may return after 24 hours from last episode.
- Diarrhea: 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 headlice before the child may return to school. Upon return after treatment, a head check will be completed. If live lice still present, child will be sent home again. If no live lice, child will proceed to class. (revised Fall 2020.)
- Chickenpox: may return when all pox are dry and scabbed over; about 5 to 7 days after the start of the rash.
- Contagious diseases: strep throat, impetigo, pink eye (bacterial), scabies, ringworm or other diseases not listed; may return after 24 hours on prescribed treatment.
Public Health Orders may override local Health Guidelines in some instances. The school nurse will advise you should a situation arise.
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