The following are general guidelines to follow to determine if you should keep your child home from school. This is not all inclusive, but provides some general rules.

IF STUDENT:

• Has a temperature of 100.0 or above, although any fever if accompanied by symptoms.
• Has a fever the evening before school, he/she should be fever free for 24 hours off any fever reducing medication before returning to school.
• Is vomiting, he/she should be episode free for 24 hours before returning to school.
• Has diarrhea during the night, keep him/her home until free of symptoms.
• Has Streptococcal throat infection (positive culture/Strep. Throat) by doctor, he/she should be on an antibiotic for 24 hours before returning to school and without fever.
• Has wound drainage or open sores the areas must be covered by a bandage to attend school.
• Has had Chicken pox, exclude from school for one week after eruptions first appear or until vesicles become dry.
• Has red glassy eye(s) with purulent drainage, pink-eye must be treated 24 hours and no drainage before returning to school.
• Has head lice with live bugs.