Should I keep my child home from school today?
Yes - if s/he has any of the following symptoms:
- severe cough/cold
- constant runny nose or cough
- diarrhea within the last 24 hours
- undiagnosed rash
- chicken pox
- pink eye
- temperature of 100 degrees or higher within the last 24 hours
- sore throat/difficulty swallowing
- strep throat
- red, watery, burning, itchy eyes with discharge
- vomiting within the past 24 hours
- nits in hair (see head lice information)
Your child should be free of all symptoms for at least 24 hours before returning to school!
Your child comes in contact with many children and adults each day. It is in all fairness to ALL children and adults to keep your child home.
When your child is sick: leave a message as early as possible with the clerk/voice mail (440-885-8645). Please include the following information:
- child's name
- teacher's name
- reason for absence
A note will go home to the other parents in the event of a communicable disease such as chicken pox.
Other Communicable Diseases
Chicken Pox:
Symptoms include slight fever, skin eruptions of small blisters which scab. Chicken Pox is readily communicable by airborne droplets, direct contact, or by articles soiled by discharge from blisters or mucous membranes. The incubation period is usually 14-16 days. Children should be kept home 7 days from the appearance of the blisters or until the lesions are dry. If a high fever develops, contact the doctor.
Pink Eye:
Symptoms include redness, swelling, burning or itching of the eye (s). If viral, the discharge is clear: if bacterial, the discharge is thick and yellow in color. The eyes may be sensitive to light. Pink eye is spread through direct or indirect contact with the eye discharge. The incubation period is usually 1-3 days and it is readily communicable in the classroom. Children should be kept home until 24 hours of treatment is done before bacterial type and until the discharge ends with the viral type.
Head Lice:
Symptoms include itching and irritation of the scalp, presence of tiny gray insects and or nits (eggs) especially at the nape of the neck and around the ears. Lice are spread through direct contact with infected articles of clothing, headgear, furniture headgear or bedding. Children with nits and or bugs should be treated with special lice preparations and kept home until they are
NIT FREE. Parents must bring the child back to school when they are nit free to be checked before admittance into the classroom is allowed. For more information, please visit www.licerid.com
Strep Throat:
Symptoms include fever, headache, sore throat, and vomiting. If it progresses to Scarlet Fever, there may be a red tongue, fine rash, and peeling skin. Strep is spread through direct contact. The incubation period is 1-3 days, but may be longer. Students with Strep must be on a physicians prescribed antibiotic 24 hours before returning to school. Consult your doctor.
