SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS NOTIFICATION

Note: If a child is put on antibiotics, the child must be on
medication for a full 24 hours, and no longer contagious before
returning to school. 
 
The center will only administer prescribed medication unless over
the counter medication (including homeopathic therapy) is accompanied by a
doctor’s note. 

DIARRHEA: Diarrhea that occurs twice (parent will be called for pick up). After first bout of diarrhea teacher will look for symptoms of flu, cold, etc. If symptoms are present after the first bout parent will be called for pick up. Diarrhea that does not make it to the toilet, parent will be notified for pick up. 

​www.healthline.com/symptom/diarrhea

May return to school when child has been diarrhea free for a period of 24 hours, and or if symptoms for cold, flu, etc., are no longer present.

FEVER: of 99.9 degrees or above taken under the arm or in the ear (add a degree if taken under the arm.) Parent will be Notified Immediately. Child’s temperature will be taken two more times during the next 30 minutes.  If fever rises above 100.1
degrees parent is called to pick up child within one hour.

www.healthline.com/symptom/fever

​May return to school only when child’s temperature has been normal 
for at least 24 hours (without a fever reducing medication) and if all
symptoms are gone or is no longer contagious per doctor’s note.

CONJUNCTIVITIS/PINK EYE: Runny eyes,  watery, yellow or green
discharge.  After being cleaned up once, if symptoms reappear, child is sent home.  

www.healthline.com/symptom/conjunctivitis

May return to school after a full day of antibiotics, and if symptoms are
no longer contagious per doctor’s note.

NOSE: ANY volume and continuous nasal discharge-clear, white, yellow, green and with other symptoms such as child is sent home.

May return after at least one full day following the day the child went home
and when symptoms are gone.

www.healthline.com/health/green-phlegm#overview1

​ MOUTH:  Sores, blisters, weepy or scaly, child is sent home.

www.healthline.com/symptom/mouth-ulcers

May return after at least  one full day following the day the child went home and when symptoms are gone and are no longer contagious.

SKIN RASH/SORES:  Red, itchy, welts, circular, raised, ringworm OR
any undiagnosed rash or sore on any body part, child is sent  home.

www.healthline.com/health/rashes

May  return to school after at least  one  full day following the day child went home after.  All symptoms are gone and only if sores are crusted over and dried and are no longer contagious per doctor's note.

VOMITING:  Any vomiting, a child will be sent home immediately.
ABDOMINAL PAIN: First  complaint is observed.  If it continues  and increases in
severity for the next 30  minutes, child is sent home.

www.healthline.com/health/nausea-and-vomiting

May  return to school after  at least one  full day following the day the child went home and after ALL symptoms are  gone and the symptoms are no longer  
contagious.

LICE/HAIR  INFESTATION: (any sign of nits or eggs in the hair) child is sent home immediately.

www.healthline.com/health/lice/how-long-do-lice-live

May return after at least one  full day following the day child went home and  ALL signs of  infestation are gone and are no longer contagious and per
doctor's note.

RESPIRATORY:  Coughing or sneezing, difficulty breathing, wheezing, child is sent
home.

STIFF NECK:  CHILD IS SENT HOME IMMEDIATELY!

CHILD IS BEHAVING ILL:  Lethargic, sleepy, headache, stomach ache. 
Child is pulling the ear, or ear is draining or any other symptoms of
illness child  is sent home.

** Any contagious illness does need a doctors note stating the illness and return to school date.  With the health and safety of all children as our top priority, if we do have anything contagious in the school we will monitor all children. Any children with symptoms will be notified and a doctors note will be required to return.

May return after at least one full day following the day child went home and  after ALL symptoms are gone and are no longer contagious per doctor’s
note.