Illness in School

If your student becomes ill while at school, we will follow some steps to assess a need to go home or not. WE follow guidelines stating when to keep your child home. If your student reports a headache or stomach ache or cold symptoms but does not meet exclusionary criteria, we will offer rest of appropriate and a second assessment if symptoms persist or get worse. At times, a call may be made home if the student demonstrates an inability to participate in their daily routine. Calls will be made according to the contact list and by priority listing.

STAY HOME GUIDELINES:

GENERAL ILLNESS
Unable to participate in routine activities
Needs more care than school can provide
Unusually tired/lethargic
Uncontrollably coughing
Difficulty breathing/wheezing
Persistent crying
Unexplained irritability or other unusual signs for student

FEVER
Oral temperature of 100.0 F or higher, accompanied by other signs of general illness
Temperature should be taken prior to giving medications to reduce fever. Student may return if fever subsides for 24hrs without the use of fever reducing medications. 


DIARRHEA or VOMITING
Student should stay home for 24 hours after the last episode of diarrhea or vomiting

RASH
Students should stay home if they have an unidentified rash that may be disease related. If the rash is accompanied by behavioral changes or a fever, the student should be evaluated by a healthcare professional.

EYE DRAINAGE
Students are not excluded for eye conditions, including pink eye, unless it disrupts the student’s ability to participate in routine daily activities.

COVID-19
Duluth Edison Charter Schools follow the MDH and CDC guidelines, which currently follow general exclusion guidelines such as:
Fever of 100.0 F or higher
Persistent cough
Shortness of breath
Lethargy
Diarrhea or Vomiting
Return to school can happen when a student has been fever free for 24 hrs without fever reducing medications and general symptoms are improving.



CONTAGIOUS ILLNESS AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

Duluth Edison Schools follow the guidelines recommended by the Minnesota Department of Health as outlined in the Hennepin County Infectious Diseases in Childcare Settings and Schools Manual.



The manual outlines infectious diseases commonly seen in schools, including prevention and control information. Diseases such as pink eye, impetigo, chicken pox, head lice, strep throat, influenza, COVID-19, and others are referenced. All standards for handling these diseases in schools follow recommendations made by the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Public Health Association.
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