To minimize the spread of infectious disease and to provide for a safe environment, students should be kept home from school for: 

• Fever greater than 100° within the last 24 hours
• Fever should be under 100° for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications before returning to school 
• Vomiting-or-diarrhea within the last 24 hours 
• A communicable disease 
• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath 
• New loss of taste or smell 
• Muscle aches or body aches not due to a known cause 
• An upper respiratory illness with significant coughing and/or nasal discharge 
• Pain that requires the use of narcotic medications