Edmondson Elementary School

Williamson County Schools

Guidelines for Attendance<= /o:p>

	Child should not be at school or in contact with other children:	If child feels well enough, he/she may attend school:<= /b>
Runny nose	Cloudy or yellow/green discharge with congestion, fe= ver	Clear drainage as with allergies
Cough	Frequent or uncontrollable, producing mucous or accompanied by fever	Infrequent, no mucous i= s being coughed up and/or child has been on antibiotics for at least 24 hours bef= ore returning to school, no fever
Diarrhea or vomiting	More than one occurrence; allow 24 hours after last incident of diarrhea or vomiting before sending child back to school	Single incident of diar= rhea and no other symptoms (i.e., fe= ver, vomiting) 24 hours has past since= last occurrence of vomiting or diarrhea=
Strep throat or Scarlet= Fever	Sore throat, headache, nausea, fever rash, (children= do not always have fever or complain of a sore throat.) The only wa= y to rule out Strep is with a throat culture.=	After 24 ho= urs on antibiotics and fever= free for 24 hours
“Pink eye”<= /p> (Conjunctivitis)	Eye is red, burning or itching, crusty, white or yel= low drainage is occurring	Bacterial conjunctivitis: after 24 hours on antibiotics Viral conjunctivitis: with a note from the Dr. stati= ng no longer contagious
Rash	Any child with an unkno= wn rash will be dismissed for medical evaluation	Rash free o= r with written permission from physician stating rash is not contagious
Chicken Pox	Itching pink/red spots with blister-type center, fev= er	Lesions crusted over an= d dry, no fever
Head lice	Nits or lice present	Nit-free, nurse has che= cked and permits student to go to class

If you think that your ch= ild might have a fever, please check his/her temperature before sending him/her= to school. Your child should not be sent to school until he/she has been fever free for at least 24 hours.