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When a child has any of the following symptoms during the night or in the morning, they should be kept home:

  • Untreated rash or skin eruption anywhere on the body.
  • Diarrhea
  • Severe headache
  • Elevated temperature (100 degrees or more) and until without temperature over 100 degrees for 24 hours without medication
  • Vomiting and until ceased for 24 hours
  • Under the influence of prescription pain medicine 
  • Severe cough and/or congestion associated with respiratory infection

The above symptoms are forerunners of many different diseases. If the ailment is minor, a day or two of rest at home will usually eliminate the symptoms. If the ailment is more serious, resting at home at the onset will help to prevent complications.

Contagious Diseases

Please notify your child's school nurse with a diagnosis of the diseases listed below. Children with the following diseases must remain at home for the designated number of days or longer if there are complications. A written excuse from the health care provider is required for any student who is absent for three consecutive days.

When your child could return

  • Chicken Pox: After last blister has crusted over (usually 5-7 days).
  • Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye): After 12 hours with proof of medical treatment and discharge has ceased.
  • COVID-19: Fever free for 24 hours without medication.
  • Diarrhea: Until free from diarrhea for 24 hours.
  • E-coli: After two negative stools.
  • Fifth’s Disease: Free from fever, generally no exclusion.
  • German Measles: Four days from onset.
  • Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease: Free from fever, after all blisters have dried.
  • Hepatitis: Symptom free and doctor's note to return to school.
  • Herpes Simplex: No general exclusion. Students with obvious skin or oral lesions should be excluded from wrestling.
  • Impetigo (crusty sores): When all lesions are dry.
  • Influenza: No fever for 24 hours.
  • Measles: Four days from onset.
  • Meningitis: After 48 hours of antibiotic therapy and doctor's note to return to school.
  • Mumps: Nine days or until swelling subsides.
  • Pharyngitis/Strep Throat/Tonsillitis: 24 hours after antibiotic therapy begun.
  • Pediculosis (Head Lice): After treatment and no visibly live lice. (Call the nurse to report your child’s case).
  • Ringworm: Readmitted with proof of treatment.
  • Salmonella/Shighella: After one negative stool.
  • Scabies (itch): After 12 hours with proof of medical treatment.
  • Scarlet Fever: 24 hours after antibiotic therapy has begun.
  • Tuberculosis: Two weeks after starting treatment and doctor's note verifying clinical improvement.
  •  Whooping Cough (Pertussis): After five days of appropriate antibiotic therapy and doctor's note.

Tuberculosis Testing

If your child was born in or visited (for 90 days or more) a country designated as high risk for tuberculosis, the results of a tuberculosis test must be provided before the child can start or re-enter school.