Illness and Chronic Health Conditions

When to stay home from school

Students or staff with the any of the following conditions should stay home from school:

  • Temperature of 100.4 degrees or more – Student must be fever free for at least 24 hours before return.

  • Diarrhea – Student must be free of diarrhea for at least 24 hours before return or medical exam indicates student may return.

  • Vomiting – Student must be free of vomiting for at least 24 hours before return.  If a student vomits two or more times in the previous 24 hours unless determined to be caused by a non-communicable condition (e.g., cough, running exertion, etc.), they will be excluded.

  • Mouth sores with drooling – Until a medical exam indicates student may return.

  • Rash only with fever or behavior change – Until a medical exam indicates student may return.

  • Eye drainage – When purulent (pus) drainage and/or fever or eye pain is present with red or pink conjunctiva, until a medical exam indicates student may return.

  • Unusual color of skin, eyes – Until a medical exam indicates student may return.

  • Unable to participate in routine activities or needs more care than can be provided by school staff – e.g., Uncontrolled coughing, unexplained irritability, unusually tired, difficulty breathing, wheezing, persistent crying.

  • Students will be re-admitted after being fever-free (without the use of fever-reducing medication) or symptom-free for 24 hours. Students with some conditions may return to school after being treated for 24 hours with an antibiotic. Call the school nurse for specific readmission guidelines.

 Students WILL NOT be excluded from school if they have with the following conditions:

Chronic Health Conditions

Each Center School District school has a nurse designated to provide case management and care for students with chronic (e.g., diabetes, asthma) and acute (e.g., concussion, broken bones) health conditions requiring treatment or accommodation during school. Please inform the school nurse of a chronic health condition and all emergency medications prescribed for your child. 

 *Important  Note: All student-occupied buildings in the Center School District are equipped with

  • Prefilled epinephrine auto syringes (to treat severe allergic reactions),

  • Asthma-related rescue medications (to treat asthmatic or breathing emergencies) and

  • Naloxone (brand name Narcan, to treat opioid-related drug overdoses).

The school nurse or another employee trained and supervised by the school nurse may administer these medications when they believe, based on training, that a student is having a serious or life-threatening reaction or episode. A prescription or written permission from a parent/guardian is not necessary to administer these medications in an emergency situation. In the case of emergency, if parents/guardians cannot be reached, emergency medical care will be obtained, including transportation via ambulance if needed.

OPT OUT: Parents/Guardians who want to OPT OUT of having emergency medication administered to their child may do so by notifying their child’s school nurse annually upon enrollment.