Some tips when your student is sick...
Should My Student Stay Home?
SICK STUDENT TIPS
All students should be in school when they are well, but trying to decide if they are well enough can be a difficult task. We all know they can wake up feeling one way and an hour later feel another way. The goal is to have your student in school, ready to learn; but prevent the transmission of viral illness to classmates.
Here are a few guidelines to follow:
- A student with a temperature of 100 degrees or greater should not be in school.
- Students should be without a fever for 24 hours without the aid of antipyretics (fever reducing medications), such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin), before returning to school.
- If a student vomits, they must wait 24 hours before returning to school.
- Students with excessive secretions (coughing, sneezing, runny nose) should be kept home to prevent the transmission of viral
illness to others. - Students diagnosed with Strep Throat from a throat culture must be on antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school.
- For headaches, stomachaches, and sore throats, the decision to send your student to school should be based on your student’s ability to focus on his/her class work and learn.
- Model and practice good hand hygiene, covering coughs, and avoid touching the face.
With your help we can keep our school community healthy.
Student staying HOME FROM SCHOOL?
Here’s what you need to do…
- Call the school office at 860-571-8360 before 8:30am for absences or tardiness
- Press option 1 for the attendance line or press 7 to report a confidential Covid-19 case.
- Leave a voice mail if your call is not answered. Remember to specify your student’s name, grade, and teacher.
- Parents must call each day your student is sick.
- Parents should send a signed note about the absence when the student returns to school. A doctor’s note is required if the student is sick for more than 3 days in a row.
- Planned absence notes can be given to the teacher who will then forward it to the main office. Please include when the absence will start and when the student will return.
