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Blessed Sacrament School Infectious Illness Policy Information
General Illness:
- Fever: A child with a temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher must stay home for 24 hours AFTER the temperature is back to normal (without the use of fever-reducing medications).
- Vomiting/Diarrhea: Children who have vomited or who have had diarrhea must remain home for 24 hours AFTER the last occurrence.
- Fatigue/Malaise: Parents are asked to keep children home if they are too sick to participate in school activities, including recess.
- Common Cold/Cough/Runny Nose: Parents of children in pre-K and K are asked to consider keeping their child home if the child is coughing and/or experiencing an excessively runny nose even if their temperature is normal.
- Other: Children experiencing skin conditions like head lice, scabies , etc. may return to school 24 hours after treatment is initiated.
Bacterial Illness:
- Children with strep throat, impetigo, bacterial conjunctivitis, etc. may return to school 24 hours after antibiotic treatment is initiated.
Viral Illness:
CDC guidelines for COVID, Influenza, RSV and other respiratory illnesses include staying home while symptomatic with fever, cough, and other upper respiratory symptoms. Once fever has resolved for a minimum of 24 hours (without use of fever-reducing medicine) and cough, runny nose, etc. are significantly improved, an individual can return to normal activities. They recommend that an individual wear a mask for five days following their return to normal activities. We follow these guidelines with some additional restrictions, especially for our youngest students who may have trouble wearing a mask and keeping it on, may not yet be skilled in covering coughs or wiping their nose, and may have trouble keeping their fingers off their noses and out of their mouths. See the BSS-specific policy below.
BSS Policy on COVID/Influenza/RSV:
- Students in pre-K through Gr. 1: Stay home for five days after onset of symptoms or confirmed positive test result (whichever is earlier). Wear a mask (to the best of their ability) upon their return.
- Students in Gr. 2-8: Stay home after onset of symptoms or confirmed positive test (whichever is earlier). Students may return to school once their fever has resolved for a minimum of 24 hours (without use of fever-reducing medicine) and cough, runny nose, etc. are significantly improved. They must feel well enough to participate in all school activities including physical education and recess. They must wear a mask for five days following their return to normal activities.
- Siblings of students (or other family members) who are ill: Students may attend school as long as they are symptom free/have not tested positive for illness, but they must wear a mask while attending school for as long as the sibling/family member is ill.