If ill or sent home ill, your child cannot return to LSLC-CDC the next day.  After that they can return when they have been FEVER FREE WITHOUT MEDICATION FOR 24 HOURS (or diarrhea free or vomit free).  Thus, if a child is sent home with a fever, they must stay home until the fever is gone and an additional 24 hours has passed.  Your child will not be accepted if you have administered fever-reducing medication.

If your child has any of the following conditions or symptoms, we will contact you to pick up your child from LSLC-CDC to prevent contagion of other children and staff, and to provide comfort to your child:

  • Fever of 100 degrees and above (auxiliary reading with digital thermometer)
  • Sore throat or other mouth sores with drooling
  • Eye problems: conjunctivitis, pink-eye, “cold” in the eye, mucus, swelling
  • Diarrhea (two or more watery stools in one day)
  • Vomiting and/or nausea within a 24 hour period
  • Flushed skin, rash, skin eruptions, impetigo, ring worm (note that ringworm of the scalp may require oral medication as well as antifungal shampoo)
  • Earache, headache and/or other acute pain
  • Any contagious illness, such as chicken pox, mumps, measles, strep throat, scarlet fever, hand foot and mouth, etc.
  • Constant, uncontrolled nasal discharge or constant, uncontrolled cough
  • Severe lethargy
  • Head lice, scabies, or other infestations
  • Any conditions preventing the child from participating comfortably in usual program activities
  • Any illness/condition requiring one-on-one care

According to DSS guidelines, the following will require a doctor’s written permission for return admittance to LSLC-CDC:

  • Mouth sores with drooling
  • Rash with fever and behavior change
  • Tuberculosis

After the child was excluded for any of the above reasons, the following conditions must be met for the child to return to the program:

  • A child must be free from fever, vomiting, diarrhea (without symptoms) for a full 24 hours without medication.
  • Any child prescribed antibiotic for a current contagious bacterial infection must take the prescription for a full 24-hour course before returning.
  • A child must be able to participate comfortably in all usual program activities, including outdoor time.
  • The child must be free from rash unless a health care provider signs a note stating that the condition is not contagious.
  • The child must be free of open, oozing skin conditions unless 1) a health care provider signs a note stating that the condition is not contagious and 2) the involved area(s) can be covered by a bandage without seepage of drainage through the bandage.
  • A child excluded because of lice, scabies, or other infestations may return 24 hours after treatment is begun provided that the child checks in at the office and is found to be nit free.
  • If a child is excluded because of a reportable** contagious illness, a doctor’s* note stating that the child is no longer contagious is required prior to readmission.

*If a child’s parent is also a doctor, the note must be from a physician who is not the child’s parent.

**Each state publishes a listing of communicable diseases (such as measles, tuberculosis, whooping cough, etc.), which must be reported to the Department of Public Health by the attending physician upon diagnosis.

When a child becomes ill at school, the parents will be contacted and are expected to come within a reasonable amount of time (45 minutes).  If the parents are unavailable, the emergency contacts will be contacted.