Illness Policy Guidelines

Children are excluded from activities if their symptoms or illness prevent them from participating in routine activities or

pose an increased risk to the child or other children or adults with whom the child comes into contact. Please keep your

child at home if he or she is not well enough to participate in normal activities. A child may not come to school for 24

hours or will be sent home if he or she has a fever of 100° F or above and will not be allowed to return for 24 hours and/

or if he or she has one of the following symptoms:

• Diarrhea (more than one loose stool or increased number of stools)

• Severe coughing

• Difficult or rapid breathing (especially in infants under 6 months)

• Yellowish skin or eyes (may be signs of hepatitis)

• Tears, redness of eyelids, watery or stringy discharge (conjunctivitis/pink eye)

• Mouth sores with drooling

• Unusual spots or rashes

• Headache and stiff neck

• Sore throat or trouble swallowing

• Vomiting

• Infected skin patches

• Severe itching of body or scalp

• Tea-colored urine

• Loss of appetite

• Unusually cranky, less active or lethargic behavior

If your child is suspected of developing a contagious disease, he or she will be isolated from the rest of the class until you

arrive. You will be informed by telephone, email or by written report of any such occurrence. Our illness policy guidelines

are not all inclusive of all childcare-related illnesses. COA reserves the right to ask for a physician’s statement if we suspect

an illness could negatively affect other children and families.