Illness and Prevention Guidelines
Deciding when to keep your child home from school can be difficult. When a child is sick and needs to stay at home, parents should contact the school and describe the illness and symptoms. If a medical provider makes a specific diagnosis (such as strep throat, conjunctivitis or chicken pox), let school staff know.
There are several reasons to keep (exclude) sick children from school:
- The child does not feel well enough to participate comfortable in usual activities, such as with extreme signs of tiredness or fatigue, unexplained irritability or persistent crying.
- The child requires more care than the school staff is able to provide without effecting the health and safety of the other children.
- The illness is on the list of symptoms or illness for which exclusion is recommended.
- The child is not vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons and there is an outbreak in the school.
Please click on the file to see specific examples of when your child should stay home.