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Children’s Garden Health and Wellness Plan
Your child’s health is of major importance to us all. Below is a guide to help parents and guardians know when to keep students home. Please keep your child home if they have any of the following:
FEVER – temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Before returning to school, students need to be fever-free for 24 hours WITHOUT medications to reduce the fever.
SORE THROAT – pain, scratchiness, irritation of the throat, often worsens when the child swallows, accompanied by other cold-like symptoms. A diagnosis of strep throat may return to school after 24 hours of antibiotics.
COUGH – productive, new or worsening cough.
STUFFY/RUNNY NOSE – frequent sniffling with heavy nasal discharge or mouth breathing, accompanied by other cold-like symptoms less than 4 days old.
EYES – eyes crusty, bright red and/or discharging yellow or green fluid.
DIARRHEA – unexplained watery stool. Students should stay home for 24 hours after the last watery stool.
VOMITING – if your student is vomiting, they need to stay home. The student should stay home for 24 hours after the last time they vomited.
RASH – any new rash that has not yet been evaluated by a physician.
INJURY/SURGERY – if students are unable to concentrate due to pain or side effects from medication, they should stay home.
Children will be sent home if they appear to have symptoms of illness during a class session. In such cases, the child will be isolated if possible and a parent will be contacted. If the problem is just fatigue, rest at such times may prevent the development of serious illness.
Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease (HFMD)
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is common in children under 5 years old, but anyone can get it.
The illness is usually not serious, but it is very contagious. It can spread quickly at schools and day care centers.
View the King County Department of Public Health Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease (HFMD).
Other information can be found on the CDC website.
Lice
Lice can happen to anyone. They are difficult to detect and see, and not everyone has the same symptoms (itching, lack of sleep etc.). As our children’s schooling continues, a good rule to follow is… once a week – take a peek! Lice could be an issue all the way up through middle school.
If you know or suspect a member of your household has lice, please examine all household members, and treat anyone infested. Please notify the office when your student has received treatment for lice.
View, download and print the King County Department of Public Health Lice information sheet.
Here are a few locations where you could get your family checked:
Lice Clinics of America: http://liceclinicsbellevue.com/
Lice Knowing You: http://liceknowingyou.com/
The Lice Clinic: https://theliceclinic.net/
Here is some information on lice:
Facts and Information:
http://endtheignorance.org/
http://www.liceclinicsofamerica.com/the-doctors/
Prevention:
http://liceknowingyou.com/prevention.html
Air Quality
AQI-Children are typically outside for up to 45 minutes. If the AQI reaches upwards of 150 we will hold class indoors with limited to no outdoor time. Air filters will remain on and classroom and office windows will be closed until AQI is under 100, and the smell of smoke/very visible poor air quality has passed. Parents can choose to mask their child due to the decreased ventilation but masks will not be required.
