FEVER: * A significant fever ( 100 degrees or higher) * Has had a fever within the last 24 hours. COLDS: * A cold that is accompanied by green or yellow nose drainage, watery eyes or frequent sneezing. COUGH: * A wet or wheezy cough( which could spread viral or bacterial infection) VOMITING: * Recurring vomiting ( more than once) * When a child vomits at school, parents will be notified. EYE INFECTIONS: * Discharge (green or white) from the eyes, usually accompanied by redness and itching (possible conjunctivitis or 'pink eye'). A child must remain out of school until he/she has been on antibiotic drops or ointment for at least 24 hours and no discharge is evident. DIARRHEA: * Diarrhea (loose, watery stools) at frequent intervals. EAR INFECTIONS: * Child must remain out of school until he/she has been on antibiotics for 24 hours. STEP THROAT: * Child must remain out of school until she/he has been on antibiotics for 24 hours. SKIN RASH: * When a child has any skin rash, he/she must remain out of school until a doctor's note is received that the rash has been identified and is not contagious. CHICKEN POX: * A child must remain out of school as soon as diagnosed with Chicken Pox. Children are contagious 2 days before the rash appears and until all blisters have dried into scabs. A child exposed to Chicken Pox usually begins to show symptoms in 14 - 21 days. LICE: * A child must remain out of school until mites or eggs (nits) have been removed from the hair by treatment with Pyrinate shampoo.