If your child is experiencing symptoms of the
COVID-19 virus or test positive for the respiratory illness please notify your
child’s teacher and plan to follow the current recommendations:

• Keep
  your child out of school for 5 days. They can return when they are fever
  free for 24 hours (without a fever reducer) AND
• Their
  symptoms are improving
• Children
  aged 3 years and older must wear a mask once they return for 5 days.

It’s important to know that the emergency warning signs of
respiratory virus complications can be different in children. Seek immediate
medical care for any of the following:

• • Fast breathing or trouble breathing
  • Bluish lips or face
  • Ribs that pull in with each breath
  • Chest pain
  • Severe muscle pain (for example, child refuses to walk)
  • Dehydration (no urine for 8 hours, dry mouth, no tears when crying)
  • Lack of alertness or interacting when awake
  • Seizures
  • Fever above 104 degrees Fahrenheit that is not controlled by fever-reducing
    medicine
  • In children younger than 12 weeks, any fever
  • Fever or cough that improves but then returns or worsens

Updated Sick Child Policy: If a child has any of the following symptoms, they must be excluded from the childcare setting and can return after 24 hours of being symptom-free.

• Sore throat
•  Persistent hacking cough
• Conjunctivitis
•  Muscle aches
• Difficulty breathing
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
•  Headache
• Unknown rash or sores
• Behaves as if they are not well enough to participate in daily activities
• Fever at or above the threshold temperature of 101.0° F (including temperatures that would meet this criteria, if not for the use of fever-reducers.)

If one of the symptoms is a fever, they must remain fever-free and symptom-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication and can return with a doctor’s note.