Below are suggestions when evaluating whether to keep your student home when they aren't feeling their best. Please get in touch with your child's medical provider for medical needs, and call 911 in an emergency.  More information can be found on the CDPH guidance page.

STAY HOME WHEN:

SYMPTOM

ATTEND SCHOOL WHEN:

• A temperature of 100.4 or more
• Lethargy (tiredness) that is abnormal
• Accompanied by other cold-like symptoms

FEVER

• Fever (see fever)
• Difficulty breathing (rapid breathing, shallow respiration, noisy)
• Cough is severe or persistent enough that the student cannot catch their breath easily.
• If the cough is associated with a diagnosis of asthma, the cough must be manageable with physician-prescribed medications that the school has been authorized to administer.

COLD

SYMPTOMS

• Inability to swallow
• Fever (see fever)
• Breathing difficulties (see breathing difficulties)
• Excessive drooling or a muffled voice

SORE

THROAT

• Vomiting has occurred 2 times or more in a 24-hour period
• Vomiting is accompanied by a fever (see fever)
• There is a concern for a severe allergic reaction. 9-1-1 will be called if epinephrine is
• given by a trained school staff
• The vomit is bloody or appears to resemble
• coffee grounds
• There is a recent head injury

VOMITING

Diarrhea is stools that are looser and more frequent (2or more than what is normal for the particular student)and NOT associated with a medication (such as a stool softener) or a change in diet.

If one or more are present:

• Fever
• Experiencing acute diarrhea
• Experiencing any blood, mucus, or tarry appearance to their stool.
• Diarrhea related to a physician-diagnosed infection (norovirus, E. coli, shigella, etc.)

DIARRHEA

LICE

• New changes in vision/problems seeing
• Fever (see fever)
• An injury or penetration of the eye - seek prompt medical care
• Discomfort is severe enough that the student cannot tolerate routine activities

PINK EYE

OR

DRAINAGE

• Fever (see fever)
• Behavioral changes
• Discomfort is severe enough that the student cannot tolerate routine activities.
• Blood or any unusual or purulent discharge

EARACHE

• Fever (see fever)
• There is oozing of any sores, the rash cannot be covered, or they may come into physical contact with others.
• New or rapidly spreading rash.
• There is concern that the rash may be chickenpox or measles; a physician must see the student before the student returns.

RASH

OR

ITCHING

• Fever (see fever)
• Pain is severe enough that they cannot tolerate routine activities.
• The headache follows a head injury, and any of the following symptoms are present:
  • Vomiting, vision changes, behavior changes, or confusion.*
• The headache is accompanied by neck stiffness severe enough that a child cannot look down at their own belly button.*

HEADACHE

• Fever (see fever)
• Wheezing that is new or cannot be controlled with prescribed medication.
• Behavior changes or lethargy,
• Increased breathing effort, “belly” breathing, chest retractions, pursed lip breathing, inability to speak in short sentences, inability to swallow

BREATHING

ISSUES

• Fever (see fever)
• Pain is severe enough that the student cannot tolerate routine activities.
• Pain caused by a reported or an injury
• Vomiting or diarrhea
• Black, tarry, or bloody stools
• Pain with urination, blood in the urine, or inability to urinate for longer than 8 hours

ABDOMINAL

OR

STOMACHACHE

-Tafoya Elementary

-Prairie Elementary

(530)723-3520

Trisha Wilder, BSN, RN
Credentialed School Nurse
-Maxwell Elementary
-Special Ed. Preschool
(530) 867-5356

Jen Moreland, BSN, RN PHN

-Lee Middle School

-Douglass Middle School

-Cache Creek High School 

(530)601-7016

Shanna Durr, RN
-Dingle Elementary

-Beamer Elementary

-Springlake Elementary

Erin Reis

Health Secretary

WJUSD District Office

(530)406-3161