Occasionally, it may be necessary for your child to remain home from school due to illness. The following guidelines should be followed when determining if you should keep your child at home.

 

• Your child should be kept home following a nighttime bout of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or fever. Keep at home and Watch for further symptoms.
• Your child should remain home if he/she has a temperature above 100 degrees. His/her temperature should remain normal for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication, which includes but not limited to: tylenol, ibuprofen or aleve, prior to returning to school.
• Your child should not arrive at school with an injury that occurred at home to be evaluated by the school nurse. Please have any serious injury occurring at home evaluated by your health care provider.