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Please contact the school nurse if your child:

  • Has a contagious illness such as:, strep throat, the flu, or COVID-19 (see COVID tab), conjunctivitis.
  • Has had a fever >100.4 within the past 24 hours. Your child must be fever free for 24 hours without any fever-reducing medicines (Tylenol-Ibuprofen) before returning to school.
  • Has vomiting or diarrhea within the past 24 hours. (Must be able to keep food down for a full 24 hours before returning to school.) If the nurse sends a student home for vomiting at school, we expect that student to stay at home the following day.
  • Has head lice.
  • Has received a new medical diagnosis.
  • Has been hospitalized.
  • Has started on a new medication.
  • Has an allergy to food or medication, or has developed a new allergy.
  • Has incurred a recent injury that requires accommodations for gym, transportation, etc.
  • Has no health insurance, and you need help with obtaining health insurance.
  • If your child is absent, please call the school in the morning.
  • If your child is absent for five (5) consecutive days, a physician’s note is required upon returning to school.

For information regarding the Flu, please follow this link.

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