| Emergency information must be maintained in the school
office for each student. Any changes in emergency
contacts or phone numbers should be promptly reported to
the office. If a child becomes ill during school hours
and needs special attention, the school secretary will
notify the parent/guardian. If we are unable to locate
the parent, the name and number noted on the emergency
form will be called. In the event that there is still
no response, we will attempt to call a relative or
friend. No child will be sent home without parental
permission or a person previously designated to take the
place of the parent.
In the event of an emergency occurring at school when
neither parents nor emergency contacts can be reached,
the school will seek appropriate medical attention for
the injured child, as authorized on the STSC medical
release annually. Efforts to reach parents will
continue.
When a suspected case of chicken pox, measles,
impetigo, hepatitis, mumps, conjunctivitis (pink eye),
streptococcal infection (including scarlet fever), head
lice, or other communicable disease is reported, the
parent will be called immediately to take the child
home. This is to reduce the likelihood of more students
becoming ill. The office should be notified immediately
when a communicable disease is diagnosed.
Recommendations from the American Academy of
Pediatrics for the exclusion of a child from a school
setting include:
- The illness prevents the child from
participating comfortably in program activities.
- The child has a fever, unusual lethargy,
irritability, persistent crying or difficulty
breathing.
- Diarrhea not contained by toilet use.
- Vomiting two or more times in previous 24 hours.
- Rash with fever or behavior change until a
physician has determined the illness
non-communicable.
- Purulent conjunctivitis until examined by a
physician and approved for readmission, with or
without treatment.
- TB, until the child’s physician states child is
non-infectious.
- Impetigo, until 24 hours after treatment has
been initiated.
- Streptococcal laryngitis, until after 24 hours
after treatment has been initiated, and until the
child has been without fever for 24 hours.
- Head lice until the morning after the first
treatment and removal of all nits.
- Scabies, until after treatment has been
completed.
- Pertussis (confirmed by lab), until after 5 days
of appropriate antibiotic therapy.
- Varicella (chicken pox) until the 6th day after
the onset of rash or sooner if lesions have dried
and crusted.
- Mumps, until 9 days after the onset of parotid
gland swelling.
- Hepatitis A until 1 week after the onset of
illness and jaundice has disappeared or until
passive immunoprophaylaxis has been administered.
For more additional information or updates please
refer to Infectious Disease Guidelines for School
Personnel or Infections disease in childcare Settings in
the school office. |
