In consideration of fellow students and staff members, please refrain from sending your child to school if he/she displays any of the following symptoms at home. If such symptoms occur at school, the child will be removed from peers, and you will be called to take him/her home.

         

Fever of more than 1OO.5degrees F in the past 24 hours

Vomiting in the past 24 hours

Diarrhea in the past 24 hours

Severe pain or discomfort

Yellow eyes or jaundice skin

Red eyes with discharge

Difficult or rapid breathing

Skin rashes lasting longer than 24 hours

Swollen joints

Visibly enlarged lymph nodes

Stiff neck

Blood in urine

Sore throat or severe coughing

Mouth sores with drooling

Once a child is symptom free, or has a physician’s note stating that he/she no longer poses a serious health risk to themselves or others, he/she may return to school.

If a child contracts any of the following diseases, please report it to the school’s director immediately. The child may not return to school without a doctor’s note stating that the child presents no risk to himself/herself or others.

* Reportable diseases, as specified in NJAC, IO: l22-7,1O (a)

If your child is exposed to any excludable disease at school, you will be notified in writing. The following is a guide to when your child is no longer contagious. This is only a guide; for further verification, check with your child’s doctor.

Chicken pox	After all sores are crusted, usually 7 days
Strep Throat	24 hours after treatment begins
Conjunctivitis	24 hours after treatment begins
Head Lice	24 hours after treatment begins
Diarrhea:	After stools form again