Return to School Guidelines After Illness
Fever- Student should be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen.
Vomiting- Your child may return to school after s/he has not thrown up for 24 hours and is back to eating a regular diet.
Diarrhea- Student may return to school after being diarrhea-free for 24 hours.
Rash- Consult with your child’s health care provider regarding a rash of unknown cause.
Cough/congestion- Student may return to school when they are no longer experiencing severe coughing or congestion.
Communicable illness- If your child has been diagnosed with a communicable disease requiring antibiotics (such as strep infection or pink eye) they need to be excluded from school until they have been treated with the antibiotic for 24 hours.
The return to school guidelines are in place to help reduce the spread of illness to students and staff in our schools. Thanks for your assistance in keeping our schools a safe, healthy and enriching environment in which to learn.
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