WELLNESS POLICY

Student must stay home if they have any of the following:

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-  fever (100.4 or higher) - student can return when fever free for 48 hours.

- vomiting - student can return after holding down food/water for 48 hours.

- Diarrhea - student can return after free from diarrhea for 48 hours.

- Stool containing mucus or blood, stool with a clay-like consistency or color (grey, white) - student can return

      when stool returns to normal for 24 hours or after a diagnosis from a physician.
- Unidentified rash that accompanies fever and/ or behavioral change (lethargy, loss of appetite, etc)

      and/or spreads quickly - student can return after diagnosis from a physician.
- Unidentified peeling, scaling, or cracking skin in/ around the hands, feet, scalp - student can return after

     diagnosis from a physician.
- Unidentified blisters or sores in/around the mouth, on the face, hands, feet- student can return after

     diagnosis from a physician

- Matted eyelids after sleep or discharge in the eye (white, yellow, green) - student can return after eye has

     returned to normal for 24 hours or after 24 hours on antibiotic eye drops (when applicable).

- Crust in and/or around the eye accompanied by redness, swelling in and/or around the eye - student can return after diagnosis from a

     physician or after eye has returned to normal for 24 hours.

- Sore throat accompanied by any of the following symptoms- fever, rash, white/red spots on the back of

     the throat, inflamed/ swollen glands at the back of the throat - student can return after diagnosis from a

     physician or after 24 hours on antibiotics (when applicable).

- Cough that accompanies difficulty breathing/ frequent wheezing - student can return after diagnosis from a

     physician.

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Covid Policy

• If a student tests positive for Covid, that student can return to IPHG after 5 days from the onset of symptoms if symptoms are improving.

• IPHG will follow the guidelines of the CDC in the event of future Covid outbreaks.

• IPHG has the right to request any child wear a mask and/or be picked up if they have illness symptoms.

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