Health – When to Keep Your Child Home
School is a place for healthy children. Home is the best
place for children that are ill. From our experience children seldom, if ever,
gain anything by attending school. They are much better off at home where they
are most likely to get the necessary care for recovery and achieve an early
return to school. Keeping ill children at home protects other children, their
family, and the school staff from infection.
“Ask yourself, would I want my child near someone with these symptoms?”
A
child must be kept at home at least 24 hours after a fever drops to 98.6 or
below
Here is a handy guideline to follow that is in compliance
with the Dept. of Health regulations.
|
SYMPTOM |
KEEP YOUR CHILDREN HOME IF |
|
FEVER |
They have a morning
temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher or if their temperature is
below 100 but they are achy, pale or tired. |
|
STOMACH ACHE |
They have had one episode
of vomiting in the last 24 hours or one episode of diarrhea and are feeling
tired or ill. |
|
SNEEZING or RUNNY NOSE |
They are sneezing a lot and
their nose is runny or their nose is runny with a yellow or green discharge. |
|
SORE THROAT |
They have tender, swollen
glands and a fever of 100 or higher. |
|
COUGH |
They cough frequently,
coughs up phlegm or their cough sounds like a bark or is accompanied by a
sore throat or wheezing. |
|
EARACHE |
Their pain is constant or severe. |
|
RASH |
The rash blisters, develops pus, or is uncomfortable,
which could signal chicken pox or impetigo. |
Call the school office
if your child will be absent due to illness.
Contagious disease: It is important
that you inform the school office as soon as possible
of any contagious diseases so that we can notify other parents of the incident
and the steps they should follow. We will not disclose your child’s name to the
other parents. Should the school notice
that your child may have contracted chicken pox, ukus, scabies, impetigo, ring
worm or any other contagious ailment you will be notified immediately to pick
them up and asked that your child remain out of school until the disease is
treated and no longer contagious. For the health and safety of all, we ask the
cooperation of all families in this matter. Upon recovery from a contagious
disease, a doctor's written release is required prior to a child’s return to
school.
The Toddler teacher will provide families the “Medical Requirements and Health” information specific to the
toddler classroom environment at the beginning of the
school year.