- Joyce Kilmer Elementary
- Reasons to keep your child home
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Reasons to keep your child home include but are not limited to:
If your child does not pass the daily COVID-19 At-Home Screening (see district website or COVID-19 section on webpage)
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A Fever of 100 degrees or more:
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keep your child home for 24 hours after the temperature returns to normal (98.6) without the use of fever reducing medication.
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Vomiting or Diarrhea:
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keep your child home for a minimum of 24 hours after the last episode.
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Rash:
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if the cause is unknown please check with your physician before sending your child to school
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Specific Considerations:
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Conjunctivitis:
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24 hours after treatment has begun and/or discharge has ceased
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Impetigo:
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24 hours after treatment has begun.
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Open lesions must be covered. If lesions cannot be covered, student must be excluded until lesions are closed and dry
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Head Lice:
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after treatment is completed and no live lice are found
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Strep Throat
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24 hours after starting antibiotic treatment
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Ring Worm:
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after treatment is started and any lesions must be covered
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