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When to Stay Home from School

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When to keep your child home

  • Fever (schools require children to be fever free for 24 hours without medication before going back to school)
  • Nausea and vomiting.
  • Diarrhea.
  • A rough night (for example, if your child was up all night coughing or having trouble breathing)
  • Listlessness, lethargy.
  • No appetite.
  • Pink eye.