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What to do if your child isn't feeling well?
While it is important that children attend school regularly and absences are kept to a minimum, there are times when it is in everyone's best interest for your child to remain at home. A person with symptoms of a potentially infectious illness puts everyone at risk for becoming ill.
Your child SHOULD NOT come to school with any of the following symptoms and will be sent home if exhibiting these:
- Fever: temperature of 100 degrees F or greater. Note: Your child MUST be fever-free for 24 hours without medication (i.e. ibuprofen, acetaminophen, Tylenol, Advil, Motrin, etc.) before he/she can return to school.
- Cough/Respiratory Illness: If your child has been prescribed an antibiotic for a cough or respiratory infection, he/she must be on the antibiotic for a full 24 hours before returning to school.
- Sore Throat: with fever and/or swollen glands in the neck (this should be evaluated by the child’s healthcare provider). NOTE: If your child is diagnosed with strep, he/she MUST be on antibiotics for a full 24 hours before returning to school.
- Eyes: thick mucus/pus draining from one or both eyes or “pink eye” (symptoms include white or yellow discharge, eyelids matted together after sleep, eye discomfort, and/or redness). Note: If diagnosed with bacterial pink eye, your child MUST be on antibiotic drops for a full 24 hours before returning to school.
- Vomiting: 1 or more times at home within the last 12 hour period. NOTE: Your child may be sent home from school after a single episode of vomiting if the nurse deems it in the best interest of the child and/or the rest of the school population. Your child MUST stay home until it has been 24 hours since they last vomited.
- Diarrhea: 1 or more times within the last 12 hour period. Your child MUST stay home until it has been 24 hours since their last episode of diarrhea.
- Rash: significant body rash accompanied by itching and/or fever
- Lice/Scabies: MUST be treated prior to returning to school
Your child CAN BE SENT to school with the following symptoms:
- Runny/stuffy nose and/or mild cough WITHOUT a fever
- Vague complaints of aches, pains, or fatigue WITHOUT a fever
- Ear infections WITHOUT a fever
- Sore throat with hoarse voice WITHOUT a fever
Students with potentially infectious symptoms (such as cough, sore throat, or copious nasal drainage) who are well enough to attend school may be asked to wear a mask in order to help limit the spread of the illness to others.
Vaccination Information
Contact your healthcare provider for questions about, or access to, vaccinations.
Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Alert
Vermont is seeing a significant increase in pertussis (whooping cough). Most cases have occurred in school-aged children. So far, the majority of the cases have been in north central Vermont, but pertussis is a very contagious respiratory disease, and the spread to other Vermont counties and communities is likely and is expected to occur.
Please click on the links below for information about symptoms, treatment, and prevention with vaccination:
COVID
There isn't a specific COVID protocol this year. In accordance with the current CDC guidance, COVID is being treated as any other respiratory virus. If a student or staff member doesn't feel well enough to be in school they should stay home (if they have fever (greater than or equal to 100F)/vomiting/diarrhea, they must stay home). Testing is not required but if a test is done and it is positive, they should stay home until they are feeling better. They can return to school when symptoms have improved and they are 24hrs free of fever (without the use of fever reducing medication), vomiting and/or diarrhea. Increased precautions such as masking are recommended for 5 days particularly if they are still coughing a lot.
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