What if my child gets sick while at school?

For their own health, and to reduce the spread of communicable illness, children will be sent home if they have any of the following symptoms:

• A temperature of 100.0 F
• Have vomited and have other symptoms or
• Have vomited more than once in a day
• Have diarrhea (more than one incident)
• Severe coughing – getting red or blue in the face or makes a high-pitched, croupy or whooping sound after coughing
• Difficult or rapid breathing (especially in infants under 6 months)
• Yellowish skin or eyes
• Exhibiting symptoms of pinkeye
• Unusual spots or rashes
• Sore throat or trouble swallowing
• Infected skin patch(es)
• Unusually dark, tea-colored urine
• Grey or white stool
• Headache or stiff neck
• Severe itching of the body or scalp (maybe a symptom of lice or scabies)

If your child has other symptoms that do not require them to be isolated, or if they simply “do not feel well,” parents will be called to keep them informed. The parent may decide to take the child home but will not be required to do so.