When to Keep Your Child Home Due to Illness
When are you too sick to be at school?
Vomiting or Diarrhea: Until 24 hours after vomiting stops, unless determined to be caused by a non-communicable condition and the child is not in danger of dehydration (CHPH).
- Mouth Sores with Drooling: Until a medical exam indicates the child may return or sores have healed.
- Rash with Fever or Behavior Change: Until a medical exam indicates these symptoms are not those of a communicable disease that requires exclusion.
- Eye Drainage: When purulent (pus) drainage and/or fever or eye pain is present or until a medical exam indicates that a child may return.
- Unusual Color of Skin, Eyes, Stool, or Urine: Until a medical exam indicates the child does not have hepatitis. Hepatitis symptoms include yellow eyes or skin (jaundice), gray or white stools, or dark (tea or cola-colored) urine.
Fever: Above normal body temperature accompanied by behavior changes, stiff neck, difficulty breathing, rash, sore throat, and/or other symptoms of illness; or is unable to participate in routine activities.
Measure temperature before giving medications.
The following temperatures are considered above normal and require the student to go home:
Ear, forehead, rectum 100.4°F or greater
Oral 100.0°F or greater
Under arm 99.0°F or greater
