Clinic Information

Should My Child Stay Home?

It is recommended that your student should stay at home if any of these symptoms exist:

• Temperature of 100.0º Fahrenheit (37.8° Celsius) or greater

• Diarrhea

• Vomiting

• A rash with fever

• Sore Throat

• Persistent coughing or breathing problems

• Loss of appetite

• Yellowing of the whites of the eyes or of the skin

• Persistent irritability or crying

• Unusual tiredness

 Students should return to school:

• Fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications. Fever is a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit (37.8° Celsius) or higher

• after diarrhea and or vomiting has stopped for a full 24 hours without the aid of medication

• after student takes prescribed antibiotic medication for 24 hours

• and the student feels well enough to be in school for a full day.