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When Should a Child Stay Home From School?

September 29, 2007

It is very important that we prevent the spread of communicable disease. Before returning to school:

Students should be fever free for 24 hours without use of fever reducing medications.

Students should be free of continuous coughing.

Students should remain at home until 24 hours after the last episode of vomiting or diarrhea.

Students should remain home for 24 hours after taking the first dose of antibiotic for an infection.

According to Missouri State Law, it is unlawful for any child to attend any public schools in this state while afflicted with any contagious or infectious disease, or while liable to transmit such a disease after having been exposed to it.

Because of all the infectious disease germs around us, it is particularly important to practice good hygiene such as hand washing and to not eat or drink after each other.

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