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When to Keep Your Child Home from School

Please keep your child home from school if any of these conditions exist:

  • Temperature 100 degrees F or above

  • Vomiting or diarrhea

  • Eye redness and/or drainage

  • Undiagnosed rash anywhere on the body

  • Severe sore throat

  • Head lice that has not been treated

It is important to remember that schools are required to exclude students with certain illnesses from school for periods of time as identified in state rules.

Students with fever, vomiting or diarrheal illnesses must stay home until they have been symptom free (without the use of medications) for at least 24 hours.

Students with suspected pink-eye will be sent home and referred to their physician for diagnosis and treatment. Students with bacterial pink-eye must be treated with antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school. Consult with your physician for information about how long to keep students home from school for other illnesses.

Students diagnosed with strep throat must remain at home until treated with antibiotics for 24 hours.

If your child is diagnosed with a communicable illness such as flu, strep throat, pink-eye, chicken pox, staph/MRSA infection, any reportable illness, or any vaccine-preventable illness, please let your school nurse know.