Should I send my child to school?
Should You Send Your Child to School?
From Your School Nurse:
Please refer to the following guidelines to determine if your child’s needs would be best met by coming to school or staying at home. All students benefit from a healthy classroom environment and are most successful when rested and feeling good.
Thank you for your assistance.
Send to School
- Fever free for 24 hours without fever medication
- No vomiting in the last 24 hours
- No diarrhea in the last 24 hours
- Minor cold symptoms
- Asthma responsive to medication
- With MD clearance following hospitalization, orthopedic injury or communicable disease
Orthopedic Protocol - All ace wraps, braces, splints, casts, and crutches must have a note from the medical provider. Students with casts and crutches will not be allowed to actively participate in playground/PE activities because of the potential danger to the student and others.
Keep at Home
- Fever in the last 24 hours
- Vomiting in the last 24 hours
- Diarrhea in the last 24 hours
- Signs of illness that interfere with learning, sleep, activity or play
- Cold symptoms such as frequent coughing and or nasal discharge that do not respond to cold medication.
See Health Practitioner and Keep Home
- Complaints of ear pain or drainage from ears
- Nasal discharge which persists over 14 days duration
- Persistent sore throat with fever or rash
- Undiagnosed skin rash or sores with redness, swelling, or fluid
- Redness of the eye with discharge or swelling
- Asthma not responding to medication, peak flow 50% or less, or treatment required more than every 4 hours.
