Parents should keep their child home from school because of a serious illness, injury or a condition that can be passed on to other children. Although no comprehensive list is possible, the following conditions may be considered appropriate reasons to keep a student home from school:
Examples of serious illness or injury:
- Vomiting
- Temperature 100 °F or greater. Children with a fever (> 100 °F) must stay home until they are fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.
- Abdominal pain
- Earache
- Head injury
- Adverse medication effect
- Suspected fracture
- Chest pain
- Severe pain
- Severe shortness of breath or wheezing
Examples of possible communicable conditions:
- Vomiting
- Loose stools/diarrhoea
- Suspected communicable disease
- Nuisance condition not currently being treated (e.g., ringworm, scabies, head lice)
- Red, draining eyes
- Persistent runny nose with yellow/green discharge, accompanied by fever
- Productive cough, accompanied by fever
- Undiagnosed rash
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Over the counter or prescribed medications to be administered to students at school must be approved by a physician.
The unopened medication must be brought to school by a parent/guardian and accompanied by:
Parent's Request to Administer Medication at School
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