Health and Well-BeingWhen Your Child is SickEach day many parents are faced with a decision: should they keep their sick child at home or send them off to school? Often the way a child looks and acts can make the decision an obvious one. Please consider these guidelines: Colds: Please keep your child at home if he/she has a fever over 100 degrees or is experiencing discomfort that would interfere with his/her ability to perform in school. (i.e. uncontrollable coughing, severe lack of energy). If your child experiences green nasal discharge that continues throughout the day, or a cough lasting longer than ten days, or is accompanied by fever or chills and is productive of discolored sputum, consult with your physician Conjunctivitis (pink-eye): Following a diagnosis of bacterial conjunctivitis, the child may return to school after the first dose of prescribed medication. Students with viral infection may return when eyes are clear. Diarrhea/Vomiting: A child with diarrhea and/or vomiting should stay at home and return to school only after being symptom-free for 24 hours. Fever: The child should remain at home with a fever greater than 100 degrees. The child can return to school after he/she has been fever free for 24 hours (without fever-reducing medicine such as Tylenol or Motrin). Impetigo: The child with impetigo may return to school 24 hours after treatment has begun. A doctor's note or proof of prescription is required. Rashes: Common infectious diseases with rashes are most contagious in the early stages. A child with a suspicious rash should return to school only after a health care provider has made a diagnosis and authorized the child's return to school. Strep Throat: A child with strep throat may return to school 24 hours after antibiotic treatment has begun. Lice:Children diagnosed with lice may return to school after treatment if they are nit free. Children will be checked for nits prior to entering the classroom. Ringworm: Children may return to school 24 hours after treatment. Review of symptoms when a child should remain at home:
Note: Students with any of the above symptoms will be sent home. Please let us know if your child has been diagnosed with Chicken Pox or Strep Throat, or any out of the ordinary conditions, so that we can notify the other families in the school. We will not provide the names of children who are sick – only the conditions. Emergencies at SchoolIf your child becomes ill or is injured at school, you will be contacted immediately. If we are unable to contact you, your child’s emergency instructions on file (on your Orange Information Card) at the school will be consulted at once. If necessary, your child will be transported to Northside Forsyth in Cumming. The Consent Statement you signed on the Orange Information Card will accompany your child so that treatment can be given immediately in the absence of the parent. Please be sure to update information on file with the school any time that your contact information changes. MedicinesA teacher may not give medicine of any kind, without written consent from the parent or guardian. Permission notices should state how much, for how long, and under what conditions the teacher should administer the medication. Medications should always be given directly to the assistant or the child’s teacher as opposed to being sent in with the child. |
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