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Nurse: Mrs. Patrice Ramey |
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When To Keep Your Child Home |
Your child may become ill during the course of the school year. The following will assist you in knowing when to keep your child home.
| A temperature of 100 degrees - child must be free of a fever for 24 hours before returning to school. | |
| Bronchitis - fever with coughing. | |
| Severe coughing - face turns red or blue or makes high-pitched whooping sound after coughing. | |
| Sore throat - with fever and swollen glands. | |
| Excessive nasal discharge - green or yellow in color. | |
| Rashes - that cannot be identified, or that have not been diagnosed and/or treated by a physician. A physician's statement is needed to return to school. | |
| Lice, scabies or other parasite's infestations - any evidence of these should mean your child is kept at home and treated. If seen by a physician, a note from the physician should be sent to school. | |
| Recurring vomiting or diarrhea - if the child vomits, he/she should stay home. If the child has two or more loose, watery stools in the period of one hour, he/she should stay home. | |
| Impetigo - sores with brownish yellow crust. | |
| When a child is diagnosed with a throat or ear infection and placed on an antibiotic, they may return to school with a doctor's note no earlier than 24 hours after beginning the first dose of medication. |
If there is any question
about your child returning to school, have the child's doctor write
a note stating that it is appropriate for him/her to return. by
observing good health standards, you will be protecting your child
and others.
BVSS 11-2000