MRGC Health Office Guidelines
Keeping students healthy helps our entire school community thrive. The following guidelines outline when children should stay home, when they may return, and how families can support a safe learning environment.
Please review these recommendations carefully and reach out to our school nurse with any questions or concerns.
MRGC Health Office Guidelines
If your child becomes ill and doesn’t feel well enough to participate in school, parents or guardians should keep the child home until symptoms improve. Keeping sick children home prevents the spread of illness to others at school.
Please keep children home if they have the following symptoms:
Fever: A temperature of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher is a fever. Children may return to school once they are fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication (i.e., acetaminophen, ibuprofen) and symptoms are improving.
Vomiting and/or diarrhea: your child may return to school 24 hours after the last episode of vomiting/diarrhea and symptoms are improving.
Respiratory Illness: cough, runny nose, sneezing, difficulty breathing, sore throat, and/or other respiratory symptoms.
Fatigue, extreme tiredness
Headache, body aches, chills
Nausea, abdominal pain, or persistent stomachache
Earache
Undiagnosed skin rash or other untreated skin conditions
Eye irritation: Eye drainage, crusting, pain, swelling, and/or redness may be a sign of infection and may need to be examined by a medical provider.
Contagious illnesses such as COVID, flu, strep throat, pneumonia, norovirus, impetigo, or conjunctivitis (pink eye). If your child has a contagious illness, consult your medical provider about when your child may return to school and bring a medical note to the health office. Symptoms should be improving for 24 hours before children return to school.
If your child has been seen by a medical provider for an illness that requires antibiotic treatment, the child should remain at home for 24 hours after the initial dose of medication.
School provides learning and community for children. Attending school is important for their growth and development. Illness is a reason to keep your child home, but please send your children to school whenever they are healthy.
Contact the school nurse with any health-related questions or concerns. Ms. Emily M. 505.842.5993.