Health Room Guidelines

Guidelines for Determining Student Attendance

A student should be sent home if they exhibit any of the following:

• Skin eruptions / rashes
• Nausea / vomiting / diarrhea
• Severe abdominal pain
• Fever of 100 degrees or higher
• Eye drainage

Other conditions that are indicators of illness and are considered when determining illness are:

• Decreased activity - droopy, tired appearance
• Irritable behavior
• Sore throat / swollen glands
• Runny nose / cough

When can a child return to school?

After 24 hours of medication for the following conditions:

• Strep throat
• Infected skin eruptions
• Other conditions requiring antibiotics

The student has been free of the following conditions for at least 24 hours:

• Fever (without benefit of fever-reducing medication)
• Eye drainage

The student has been free of the following conditions for at least 48 hours:

• Diarrhea
• Vomiting (related to stomach virus such as norovirus)

Source: Health Guidelines Manual
Revised 10/2014