Health Precautions

HEALTH PRECAUTIONS

The following cases require that STUDENTS MUST GO HOME immediately.

The staff will check each child as he/she arrives. A child with certain signs or symptoms of illness shall be immediately isolated and discharged to the parent or guardian.

Please check the following list for signs and symptoms referred to above:

• Temperature of 100 degrees F by auxiliary (underarm) method • Skin Rash • Conjunctivitis (pink eye) • Diarrhea or vomiting • Any evidence of lice infestation • Sore Throat • Stiff neck • Difficult or rapid breathing • Yellowish skin or eyes • Severe coughing • Unusually dark urine or gray/white stool • Green or yellowish discharge from the nose

Exhibiting the above symptoms will result in the child being sent home.

If a child becomes ill during the day, the parents will be contacted to determine if the child needs to go home. If it is decided that the child should leave school, the parents must arrange for the child to depart for home as quickly as possible. We do not have facilities for the long term care of an ill child.

If a child becomes ill after the parent leaves, the child will be isolated and contact will be made for the child to be picked up as soon as possible. If a parent of the child cannot be contacted, the school may discharge the child to the person (s} designated by the parent. An emergency contact may also be asked to pick up the child.

No child will ever be left alone or unsupervised at any time.

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