Central Montessori School
Child Well-Being Infection/Disease Control Policy: Exclusion
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Five steps to helping Central community stay healthy and happy
It is inevitable. Children will get sick, no matter where they are. All parents should establish a care plan now, especially if they work a long distance from the school, their profession does not easily accommodate flexible work schedules or work-from-home.
Prepare now. Secure the help of someone you trust that can pick your sick child up from school, or stay home with a child who needs care and rest. Over time, immune systems become a bit stronger.
Central is committed to providing a clean and healthy environment for children but we need your help. You, the parents, can help us in our effort to keep our children, parents, and staff as healthy as possible. We ask for your cooperation in the following ways.
Practice and model continual good hand washing hygiene by establishing a family routine of washing hands before leaving your home, anytime someone touches their face, before eating, after toileting, and upon entering your home. Help your child learn to catch a cough or sneeze in the crook of their arm, and use a tissue to manage a runny nose, etc.
If your child appears cranky or less active than usual, cries more than usual, or just seems generally unwell at home, your child may be sick. If your child has any of the symptoms listed below, your child should receive care and rest and return to school only after they have been symptom free for twenty-four hours without medication or until a physician has given your child permission to return to school.
If your child should become ill while at school, Central will
Exclusion is called for when a child has
1. Fever of 100.4 degrees or higher after two consecutive readings
2. Coughing that prevents your child or other children from participating in
school activities.
3. Respiratory difficulty – trouble breathing
4. Pinkeye/conjunctivitis - tears, redness of eyelid lining, swelling and
discharge of pus
5. Unusual spots or rashes or blisters on skin or in mouth
6. Sore throat
7. Headache and/or stiff neck
8. Recurrent vomiting and/or diarrhea: can be very serious for some
children. They are not generally understood to be caused by teething.
Please provide a note from your pediatrician if you suspect teething is
the cause of your child’s diarrhea or vomiting.
9. Itching of body/scalp/ scratching of scalp
10. Fatigue/tiredness/irritability/inability to participate or cooperate that prevents a
child’s from participating fully in all classroom activities, including outdoor play, in a positive
manner
It is imperative that we all work together to keep all of the children who attend our school as healthy and happy as possible.
Child Well-Being Infection/Disease Control Policy: Exclusion
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Five steps to helping Central community stay healthy and happy
- Send your child to school happy and well rested
- Email us if your child has received a Dr. diagnosis of a communicable disease
- Leave your phone on and pick your child up within 30 minutes of receiving an email about your child’s illness while at school.
- Email Central with Dr. diagnosis of communicable disease
- Allow your child to return to school after they have been free of symptoms for 24 hours.
It is inevitable. Children will get sick, no matter where they are. All parents should establish a care plan now, especially if they work a long distance from the school, their profession does not easily accommodate flexible work schedules or work-from-home.
Prepare now. Secure the help of someone you trust that can pick your sick child up from school, or stay home with a child who needs care and rest. Over time, immune systems become a bit stronger.
Central is committed to providing a clean and healthy environment for children but we need your help. You, the parents, can help us in our effort to keep our children, parents, and staff as healthy as possible. We ask for your cooperation in the following ways.
Practice and model continual good hand washing hygiene by establishing a family routine of washing hands before leaving your home, anytime someone touches their face, before eating, after toileting, and upon entering your home. Help your child learn to catch a cough or sneeze in the crook of their arm, and use a tissue to manage a runny nose, etc.
If your child appears cranky or less active than usual, cries more than usual, or just seems generally unwell at home, your child may be sick. If your child has any of the symptoms listed below, your child should receive care and rest and return to school only after they have been symptom free for twenty-four hours without medication or until a physician has given your child permission to return to school.
If your child should become ill while at school, Central will
- Call for an administrator's confirmation that it is appropriate for the child to be excluded.
- Email both parents to notify them and ask them to pick their child up. We ask that you confirm that you have received an email and will arrive within 30 minutes of receiving the email.
- Call the parent first listed in the emergency contact document if we haven’t received confirmation that you have received the email and are on your way.
Exclusion is called for when a child has
1. Fever of 100.4 degrees or higher after two consecutive readings
2. Coughing that prevents your child or other children from participating in
school activities.
3. Respiratory difficulty – trouble breathing
4. Pinkeye/conjunctivitis - tears, redness of eyelid lining, swelling and
discharge of pus
5. Unusual spots or rashes or blisters on skin or in mouth
6. Sore throat
7. Headache and/or stiff neck
8. Recurrent vomiting and/or diarrhea: can be very serious for some
children. They are not generally understood to be caused by teething.
Please provide a note from your pediatrician if you suspect teething is
the cause of your child’s diarrhea or vomiting.
9. Itching of body/scalp/ scratching of scalp
10. Fatigue/tiredness/irritability/inability to participate or cooperate that prevents a
child’s from participating fully in all classroom activities, including outdoor play, in a positive
manner
It is imperative that we all work together to keep all of the children who attend our school as healthy and happy as possible.
