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Symptom Monitoring Information
Symptom Monitoring Information:
Parent/Guardian: More than ever, it is important to keep your child home when he/she does not feel well. Please review this screening tool before school every morning for each of your school age children. If your child is experiencing any of the following symptoms or you answer yes to any of the following questions, keep your child home and notify the school nurse. Contact your child’s health care provider for additional guidance or at the request of the school nurse.
GROUP A |
GROUP B |
Fever (100.0 or higher) |
Sore throat |
Stay home if, the student or any family members:
- Have one or more symptoms in Group A OR
- Have two or more symptoms in Group B OR
- Are taking fever reducing medication and or cough /cold medicine today.
If my Child has any COVID 19 symptoms as mentioned above, I will not send my child back to school until:
- My child tests negative for COVID 19 and is otherwise well enough to go back to school OR
- A health care provider has seen my child and documented a reason for the symptoms other than COVID 19 OR
- All of the following are true:1) at least 10 days since the start of symptoms has occurred 2) Fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medications AND 3) symptoms are improving.
Any sibling living in the household of a family member diagnosed with COVID 19 may not return for 14 days after the last day they were in contact with the ill child. You should try to isolate the sick student from well family members while at home.