When Should your Child Stay Home from School? Guidelines for
When not to Report to School Good attendance at school is
important in order for a child to do well. However, there will
be times when your child is really too ill to attend. Either
they are contagious to the other students or they feel so poorly
that they would gain nothing from being at school. The following
symptoms can help you determine whether your child should stay
home. Awaiting Results of a Strep Throat Culture Rather than
exposing your child's classmates to infection, wait until
24-hour culture results are in before returning your student to
school. If it is negative, and your child is fever free, you can
always bring your child in late. Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
Following a diagnosis of conjunctivitis, the child may not
return to school until 24 hours after the first dose of
prescribed medication is administered. Diarrhea and vomiting If
your child has repeated episodes of diarrhea and vomiting,
accompanied by fever, a rash or general wea