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Each day, many parents are faced with the decision:  Should we keep our not-so-well child home or send them to school and see what happens?  Often, the way children look and act can inform the best decision.  You as parents play an important role in keeping our school's environment healthy.  For students and staff alike we request that children not attend school and seek advice of their PCP (when necessary) with the following symptoms:

• fever of 100.0 degrees (37.8C) or higher (defined by the Center for Disease Control) 

• vomiting in the past 24 hours. May return 24 hours after last episode.

• diarrhea in the past 24 hours.  May return 24 hours after last episode.

• an actively runny nose with green or yellow mucus discharge

• cough - a persistant, productive, uncontrolled cough, serious sustained coughing, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing

• an untreated earache

• itchy, reddened, weepy eye(s)

• rash - any new rash accompanied by a fever.  May return after rash goes away or clearance given by a health care provider

• skin lesions (sores) - drainage from a score that cannot be contained within a bandage OR sores are increasing in size OR new sores are developing day-to-day

• Symptoms that prevent the student active participation in usual school activities

Children may return to school after they have been fever-free for 24 hours WITHOUT fever-reducing medicine such as Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen (ie: Tylenol and Motrin).

If your child has been diagnosed with a contagious bacterial infection such as strep throat, pneumonia, conjunctivitis or a skin infection please have your child stay home 24 to 48 hours after the start of antibiotics.

Children with chickenpox must stay home until all rash blisters are dried and crusted (usually between 4 to 7 days).

Please contact Central as soon as you make the decision to keep your child home from school due to illness.  When calling to report your child absent, please let us know what type of illness your child is experiencing.  This information is necessary for the school nurse to monitor and track cases of head lice, strep throat, conjunctivitis, fifth disease etc. When there are outbreaks of communicable diseases such as the flu, school nurses work closely with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in an effort to control the spread of disease. Please call 384-2333 x 2