Policy for the
Exclusion of Infectious Children

• Fever: Auxiliary temperature over 99 degrees. Oral or tympanic temperature over 100 degrees. The child may not return until after the fever has been broken for at least 24 hours.
  
• Behavior: If a child looks or acts differently; example: pale, unusual crying, irritable, restless, lethargic, lack of appetite and/or refusal to eat, complaining of discomfort.
  
• Respiratory: Breathing difficulties; example: wheezing, excessive coughing.
  
• Vomiting/ Diarrhea: Characterized by three or more watery stools within a six hour period. If any medication that the child is currently taking might result in watery stool, the teacher should be notified.
  
• Rash: Undiagnosed rash other than mild diaper or heat rash.
  
• Nasal Discharge: If nasal discharge is green or yellow in color rather than clear.
  
• Hoarseness: Indication of sore throat.
  
• Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye): Redness of eye with burning and thick purulent discharge. May return 24 hours after start of treatment.
  
• Head Lice or Nits: Child will be excluded until ALL nits are removed and hair is lice and nit free.
  
• Impetigo: Blisters covered with honey-colored crusts. Child will be excluded until at least 24 hours after start of medication.
  
• Chicken Pox: Child will be excluded until all lesions are dry and crusted, which will be approximately seven days after occurrence of first lesions.
  Strep Throat: Child will be excluded until 24 hours after start of oral medication or 24 hours after injection.
  
• Scabies: Small raised reddened areas or blisters with connecting grayish-white lines. Child will be excluded until under adequate treatment and no open lesions are observed.
  
• Ringworm of Body: Flat, spreading, ring-shaped spots. The child may return after treatment has begun and the lesion has started to shrink and is covered with bandages.

If you are contacted by the school to pick up your child who is ill, you must be here within thirty minutes.