Communicable Diseases or otherwise known as "Sick Kids!"
Students must be in attendance 90% of the school days to gain credit for the course. I am aware that much emphasis is placed on getting children to school every day so they benefit from the classroom instruction. We need your help in triaging your child’s complaints to determine when they really need to stay home and when they should try to come to school. If your child has a fever of greater than 100.0 Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) within the previous 24 hours, vomiting, diarrhea or symptoms of a communicable disease, they should remain home. If they just feel a little tired, have a cold or other vague complaints, send them to school and the teacher can refer them to me if they worsen during the day. We will assess them and let you know if symptoms warrant going home.
I am like many of you and have been a working mother since my children were 6 weeks old. I understand how hard it is to take days off from work to care for a sick child. I hear from many of you that with the tough economic times, it is even more difficult to take time away from work. Many parents value perfect attendance and want their child here no matter what the condition. Others of you have given in to your child’s wish to go to school on days when they shouldn’t so they don’t miss out on an event or project. As a parent, it is your responsibility to be tough and do what is best for your child and keep them home until they are feeling well enough to participate fully in the school day. Also, children must be fever free for 24 hours without taking fever reducing medications like Ibuprofen or acetaminophen. Turn it around and consider how upset you would be if you found out that another student in the class was here with a high fever to get that perfect attendance ribbon and caused your child to catch the flu and then miss a week of school.
Please see the document listing the Texas Department of State Health Services reentry criteria when your child is ill posted below. The TDSHS website is: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/
I am like many of you and have been a working mother since my children were 6 weeks old. I understand how hard it is to take days off from work to care for a sick child. I hear from many of you that with the tough economic times, it is even more difficult to take time away from work. Many parents value perfect attendance and want their child here no matter what the condition. Others of you have given in to your child’s wish to go to school on days when they shouldn’t so they don’t miss out on an event or project. As a parent, it is your responsibility to be tough and do what is best for your child and keep them home until they are feeling well enough to participate fully in the school day. Also, children must be fever free for 24 hours without taking fever reducing medications like Ibuprofen or acetaminophen. Turn it around and consider how upset you would be if you found out that another student in the class was here with a high fever to get that perfect attendance ribbon and caused your child to catch the flu and then miss a week of school.
Please see the document listing the Texas Department of State Health Services reentry criteria when your child is ill posted below. The TDSHS website is: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/