When to keep your student home
...and when to return to school
Please keep your child home if your child has...
- A fever of 100.4 or higher; your child may return to school when fever free without medication for 24 hours
- Diarrhea within 24 hours; return to school when free from diarrhea for 24 hours
- Vomiting within 24 hours; return to school when free from vomiting for 24 hours
- Rash or open sores on the skin; return when free from rash or with a provider's note to return to school
- Severe ear pain or ear drainage; return when evaluated and released by a health care provider
- Tested positive for strep throat; return after treated with antibiotics for at least 12 hours
- Tested positive for Covid-19; call school nurse for most up-to-date quarantine requirements and when the child may return to school
- Severe pain that is not improving such as headache or stomach pains; return when improved or evaluated by a health care provider
- Any illness causing the student to be too sleepy (lethargic) or ill to participate in class; return when they have recovered from illness
- Significant disruptive cough or trouble breathing; return when symptoms have improved
- Hospital stays, ER visit, significant injury, or surgery; return with a note from a medical provider to return to school
- Any condition that you think may be serious or contagious to others; check with your healthcare provider on when to return to school.
* Current Covid-19 Protocol
If your child tests positive for Covid:
- Inform the school nurse
- Isolate for five days
- If your child has symptoms, the day symptoms begin is day 0.
- If your child does not have symptoms, the day of the test is day 0.
- After five days, we require that the child wears a mask at school for days 6 – 10.
- If symptoms are not improving or your child develops new symptoms by day 5, please call the Cheumg County Health Department (607) 737-2488.
Please call your school nurse if you have questions about whether or not your child should stay home sick and when to return.
Return to the Health Services page here.