Communicable Disease

nurse and kids

The following are communicable diseases that may require exclusion from school:

Chicken Pox

7 days after eruption of vesicles

(All must be scabbed over)

Conjunctivitis

24 hours after the start of treatment

Covid 19

24 hours fever-free and or improvement of symptoms

Diphtheria

14 days from onset, or negative culture

 

Fifth Disease

NO exclusion

 

Impetigo

24 hours after the start of treatment

(Should be covered while in school)

Ringworm

24 hours after the start of treatment

(Should be covered while in school)

Measles

Return to school only with a doctor's note

 

Mumps

Return to school only with a doctor's note

 

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

7 days after the start of treatment

 

Scarlet Fever

24 hours after the start of treatment

 

Scabies

24 hours after the start of treatment

 

Strep Throat

12 hours after the start of treatment