DO NOT SEND AN ILL STUDENT TO SCHOOL.

Dear Parent/Guardian:
Please follow these guidelines to help all students stay healthy and ready to learn.
Please DO NOT SEND AN ILL STUDENT TO SCHOOL.

The other page of this letter gives
examples of when your student should not be in school.
If your student is ill, please CONTACT THE SCHOOL.
Please contact your health care provider about any SERIOUS ILLNESS or if you are worried
about your student’s health. If you need help in finding a health care provider, you may
contact the local public health authority.
Please notify the school if your child is diagnosed with a CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, including
these: chickenpox, COVID-19, diphtheria, E. coli diarrhea, hepatitis, measles, mumps,
pertussis, rubella, Salmonella, scabies, shigellosis, tuberculosis, or another disease as
requested. The school will protect your private information as required by law. [OAR 333-
019-0010; ORS 433.008.]
Please notify the school if your student requires MEDICATIONS during school hours.
Follow school protocols for medication at school. If your student’s illness requires
antibiotics, the student must have been on antibiotics for at least 24 hours before
returning to school, and longer in some cases. Antibiotics are not effective for viral
illnesses.
Please notify the school if your student has a CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION. We will work
with you to address the health condition so that the student can learn. With consent, the
school nurse may consult with the student’s health care provider about the health
condition and necessary treatments. To contact the school nurse or health office please
call or email.
We want to support your student. Please contact us if you have questions or concerns.
PLEASE KEEP ILL STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL
The list below gives school instructions, not medical advice. Please contact your health care provider with health
concerns.
SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS THE STUDENT MAY RETURN AFTER…
*The list below tells the shortest time to stay home.
A student may need to stay home longer for some illnesses.
Fever: temperature of 100.4°F
(38°C) or greater
*Fever-free for 24 hours without taking fever-reducing
medicine AND per guidance for primary COVID-19
symptoms.
New cough illness OR
New difficulty breathing
* Symptoms improving for 24 hours (no cough or cough
is well-controlled) AND per guidance for primary
COVID-19 symptoms. If diagnosed with pertussis
(whooping cough), the student must take 5 days of
prescribed antibiotics before returning.
Headache with stiff neck or with
fever
*Symptom-free OR with orders from doctor to school
nurse. Follow fever instructions if fever is present.
Diarrhea: 3 loose or watery
stools in a day OR not able to
control bowel movements
*Symptom-free for 48 hours OR with orders from
doctor to school nurse.
Vomiting: one or more episode
that is unexplained
*Symptom-free for 48 hours OR with orders from
doctor to school nurse.
Skin rash or open sores *Symptom free, which means rash is gone OR sores are
dry or can be completely covered by a bandage
OR with orders from doctor to school nurse.
Red eyes with eye discharge: yellow or
brown drainage from the eyes
*Symptom-free, which means redness and discharge
are gone OR with orders from doctor to school nurse.
Jaundice: new yellow color in eyes or skin *After the school has orders from doctor or local public
health authority to school nurse.
Acting differently without a reason:
unusually sleepy, grumpy, or confused.
*Symptom-free, which means return to normal
behavior OR with orders from doctor to school nurse.
Major health event, like an illness lasting 2
or more weeks OR a hospital stay, OR
health condition requires more care than
school staff can safely provide.
*After the school has orders from doctor to school
nurse AND after measures are in place for the student’s
safety. Please work with school staff to address special
health-care needs so the student may attend safely.
Rev: 3/10/22 HST-W018