NUMEROUS PARENTS REQUESTED A SHORT LIST OF REASONS A CHILD SHOULD BE SENT HOME OR KEPT AT HOME.  THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(1) TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES OR MORE

(2) NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA

(3) STREP THROAT – STUDENT MAY RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER TREATMENT WITH ANTIBIOTICS

(4) CONJUNTIVITIS (PINK EYE) – STUDENT MAY RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER 24 HOURS OF TREATMENT

(5) PEDICULOSIS (LICE) – WE HAVE A NO-NIT POLICY  

(6) CONTAGIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS CHICKEN POX, MEASLES, MUMPS, HEPATITIS, ETC.

IF YOUR CHILD HAS A SPECIAL NEED AFTER AN ACCIDENT, PLEASE NOTIFY ME SO THAT I CAN MAKE SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR HIM OR HER.  IF HE OR SHE HAS HAD SURGERY OR AN ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEM, AN ELEVATOR KEY AND PASS TO GET OUT OF CLASS EARLY CAN BE OBTAINED.