Reasons to keep your child home

Reasons to keep your child home include but are not limited to:

If your child does not pass the daily COVID-19 At-Home Screening (see district website or COVID-19 section on webpage)

• • A Fever of 100 degrees or more: 

    • keep your child home for 24 hours after the temperature returns to normal (98.6) without the use of fever reducing medication.

  • Vomiting or Diarrhea: 

    • keep your child home for a minimum of 24 hours after the last episode.

  • Rash:

    • if the cause is unknown please check with your physician before sending your child to school

  Specific Considerations:

  • Conjunctivitis:

    • 24 hours after treatment has begun and/or discharge has ceased

  • Impetigo: 

    • 24 hours after treatment has begun.

    • Open lesions must be covered. If lesions cannot be covered, student must be excluded until lesions are closed and dry

  • Head Lice:

    • after treatment is completed and no live lice are found

  • Strep Throat

    • 24 hours after starting antibiotic treatment

  • Ring Worm:

    • after treatment is started and any lesions must be covered