Student Health and Wellness
Guidelines for Keeping a Sick Child At Home
Your child should stay home if he or she:
- Has a fever of 100.4 or higher
- Has been vomiting or has diarrhea
- Has a rash with fever
- Has symptoms that keep your child from participating in school, such as:
- Very tired, unable to focus in class or lack of appetite
- Cough that he or she cannot control or sneezing often
- Headache, body aches and/or earache
- Bad sore throat-with or without fever and swollen glands, unable to control pain or swallow liquids
- Eye drainage- thick mucus or pus from the eye, uncontrollable itching
24 Hour Rule:
- Your child should be fever free without medication and no vomiting or diarrhea for at least 24 hours before returning to school.
- If your child was given an antibiotic, please keep them home for at least 24 hours after first dose.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your School Nurse.