Too Sick for School?

Keeping your student home when they are sick is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of contagious viruses and infections to classmates, teachers, and other school staff, helping protect the health and safety of our entire school community. Students who are unable to fully participate in school activities due to illness, or when they have an illness that may spread to others, should remain home. Read through our guidelines below to help determine if your student should have a sick day or if they are safe to attend school. For more specific guidance, or if your student has been advised to stay home from a health care provider or public health, contact the district nurse. 

If your student will not be attending school due to illness, please call and notify the office at your student's school of the reason for the absence. 

Fever

100.4 degrees F or greater; may return after 24 hours fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medications.

Vomiting

One or more unexplained episodes; may return 24 hours after last episode.

Diarrhea

Three or more unexplained episodes of watery or loose stool in 24 hours OR sudden onset of loose stools; may return 24 hours after last episode.

Cough

Serious, sustained coughing; shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing.

Rash

Any new rash accompanied by a fever. May return after rash goes away and fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and/or clearance given by a health care provider.

Skin Lesions/Sores

Drainage from a sore that cannot be contained within a bandage OR sores are increasing in size OR new sores are developing day-to-day.

Other

Symptoms that prevent the student from active participation in usual school activities OR student is requiring more care than school can safely provide.

►See "Communicable Disease" tab for more information on specific illnesses/infections, exclusion guidelines and when your student can return to school. 

We do not accept medical excuses that serve only as a record of a parent’s phone call to a clinic. To be cleared as a medical excuse, the documentation must confirm an in-person or verified telehealth examination. Absences reported by parents without a physician’s evaluation will continue to count toward the 10-day annual limit for parent-excused absences provided by state law.