Too Sick for School
TOO SICK FOR SCHOOL
PLEASE KEEP STUDENTS WITH SYMPTOMS OUT OF SCHOOL
This list is school instructions, not medical advice. Please contact your health care provider with health concerns.
SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS
THE STUDENT MAY RETURN AFTER...
*The list below tells the shortest time to stay home.
A student may need to stay home longer for some illnesses.
Fever: temperature of 100.4°F (38°C) or greater
*Fever-free for 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medicine.
New cough illness
* Symptoms improving for 24 hours (no cough or cough is well-controlled).
New difficulty breathing
* Symptoms improving for 24 hours (breathing comfortably). Urgent medical care may be needed.
Diarrhea: 3 loose or watery stools in a day OR not able to control bowel movements
* Symptoms improving for 24 hours (no more than two bowel movements more than normal and no longer having accidents) OR with orders from doctor to school nurse.
Vomiting: one or more episode that is unexplained
* Symptom-free for 24 hours OR with orders from doctor to school nurse.
Headache with stiff neck and fever
* Symptom-free OR with orders from doctor to school nurse. Follow fever instructions above. Urgent medical care may be needed.
Skin rash or open sores
* Symptom free, which means rash is gone OR sores are dry or can be completely covered by a bandage OR with orders from doctor to school nurse.
Red eyes with colored drainage
* Symptom-free, which meansredness and drainage are gone OR with orders from doctor to school nurse.
Jaundice: new yellow color in eyes orskin
* After the school has orders from doctor or local public health authority to school nurse.
Red eyes with colored drainage
* Symptom-free, which means return to normal behavior OR with ordersfrom doctor to school nurse.
Major health event, like an illness lasting 2 or more weeks OR a hospital stay, OR health condition requires more care than school staff can safely provide.
* After the school has orders from doctor to school nurse AND after measures are in place for the student’s safety. Please work with school staff to address special health-care needs so the student may attend safely.