• Dear Parent or Guardian:

     

    Please keep your child home from school and call the attendance office if he or she has one of the symptoms listed below. Exclusion from attending school is necessary when your child is either too ill to participate in normal activities, the condition or illness creates an unsafe or unhealthy environment for others, or when the illness requires a level of care or observation that cannot be managed at school.

     

    Symptoms requiring exclusion: 

    Fever                                       

    Keep home if they have a  fever over 100.4º F until fever-free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication and symptoms have significantly improved.

    Rash/Skin infection

    Keep home for any unknown rash until diagnosed and cleared by a doctor to return or the rash has fully resolved.

    Keep home if the area is open or draining and can not be covered by a bandage or dressing.

    Diarrhea, Vomiting

     

    Keep home until the child’s vomiting and/or diarrhea has resolved for 24 hours and they are able to eat without symptoms returning and other symptoms have significantly resolved if present.

    Eye red with discharge/Eye infection

    Keep home until cleared by a doctor to return to school or until the child has been on antibiotics for 24 hours and symptoms are improving.

    New Onset Cough/Sore Throat/ Runny nose &/or Covid Negative

    Keep home if your student has a fever, is unable to fully participate in normal activities, or is unable to swallow. They may return when significantly improved and fever free without medicine for 24 hours.

    Suspected COVID-19

    COVID-19 Symptom and Exposure Flowchart for Schools and Child Care (wa.gov)

    If unable to access the link above. Please call your school for guidance. Testing is recommended.

    Positive COVID-19

    Keep home for 5 days from the start of symptoms or positive COVID test results.  Return to school and mask for day 6-10. Symptoms need to be significantly improved and no fever x24 hours without medication.  What to do if you test positive for COVID-19 (wa.gov)

    Lice/Nits

    May return after treatment for live lice and all live lice have been fully removed.

     

    Symptoms follow the OSPI infectious disease guide: Microsoft Word - Infectious Disease Control Guide3-11-04pdf.doc (www.k12.wa.us)